Radiocarbon dating of ancient rock paintings.
A technique based on cold argon and oxygen plasmas permits radiocarbon dates to be obtained on paintings that contain inorganic pigments. (To listen to a podcast about this feature, please go to the Analytical Chemistry website at http://pubs.acs.org/journal/ancham.).
Rowe
Marvin W
MW
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA. mwrowe@tamu.edu