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Science 25 October 1974:
Vol. 186. no. 4161, pp. 348 - 350
DOI: 10.1126/science.186.4161.348
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Paleomagnetic Dating of Cave Paintings in Tito Bustillo Cave, Asturias, Spain

Kenneth M. Creer 1 and John S. Kopper 2

1 Department of Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
2 Long Island University, Greenvale, New York 11548

Geomagnetic variations recorded in sediments deposited in Tito Bustillo Cave, Asturias, Spain, have been correlated with part of the geomagnetic record established for Lake Windermere, England. An age of between 11,200 and 11,600 years is suggested for a frieze of animals discovered in the cave, so that these polychrome paintings may be attributed to late Ice Age hunters (Magdalenian V-VI).


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