Rock Art Australia hosted a recent webinar entitled Insights from the Dating Team: coming to grips with the rock art and landscape evolution based on the research of the Rock Art Dating Project in the Kimberley of north western Australia.

Traditional Owner Ian Waina with the kangaroo painting that was dated between 17,500 and 17,100 years old.

This has now been released on the Rock Art Australia website.

'Insights from the Dating Team: coming to grips with the rock art and landscape evolution' based on the research of the Rock Art Dating Project in the Kimberley of north western Australia.

The webinar featured T.O. Ian Waina, Prof. Andy Gleadow, Prof. Bruno David and Dr Damien Finch.

Damien Finch collecting mud wasp nest sample.

The panelists discuss the importance of working with the Traditional Owners, the advances in dating made in recent years and the importance of understanding the geomorphology of the rock art sites in the Kimberley. Despite the restrictions on field work imposed by the covid pandemic, they also share their thoughts on the unlikely benefit in terms of laboratory work in order to establish robust scientific data concerning the rock art as well as on the future research.

click here to view the webinar

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Click here to see more of the rock art of the Kimberley