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Bacteria and fungi keep some ancient Australian rock art colors vivid

(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies of 80 Bradshaw rock art works in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have shown their colors have not faded because the artworks are coated with a biofilm of bacteria and ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New technology for dating ancient rock paintings

A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0