THE 2017 ROCK ART MISSION IN HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA
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சீனாவின் கூபே மாகாணம், பாறைக்கலை(microerosion), நுண்ணரிப்பு, விரிவான பாறையோவியம், டோங்க்பாய் மலைகள்Abstract
The first direct-dating work of rock art in Hubei Province, China, is reported. A series of over one hundred rock exposures were investigated in the Huai River area near the town of Tongbai, a hilly and wooded granite terrain, using microerosion analysis. Cupules dominate the extensive petroglyph traditions and eight preliminary age estimates obtained from seven of them suggest that the majority of the petroglyphs in the study area are likely to be between 600 and 1500 years old.
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