# Every legacy Lower Pecos paint date is judged problematic

> Reviewing all 32 dates from Rowe's laboratory, including the four from this mural, Steelman, Boyd and Bates found each problematic for lack of documented…

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# Every legacy Lower Pecos paint date is judged problematic

Reviewing all 32 dates from Rowe's laboratory, including the four from this mural, Steelman, Boyd and Bates found each problematic for lack of documented sampling points, base pretreatment or controls on unpainted rock, and concluded they should not be used to draw archaeological conclusions.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[About 2,000 years ago, late in the Pecos River style](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/answers/ANS0DCKQMACBQ74/about-2-000-years-ago-late-in-the-pecos-river-style)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Every legacy Lower Pecos paint date is judged problematic [Evidence EVD0DCKRSXD4ZBT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKRSXD4ZBT
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