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Mapping the chronology of an ancient cosmovision: 4000 years of continuity in Pecos River style mural painting and symbolism
Karen L. Steelman, Carolyn E. Boyd, J. Phil Dering, 2025. Science Advances 11(48), eadx7205.
Direct AMS radiocarbon dates on the organic carbon in paint, extracted by plasma oxidation, with oxalate dates above and below the paint as a check, for 12 Pecos River style murals; Bayesian modelling of the style's start and end; microscopy of paint layers at eight murals showing a fixed colour order and single painting events. Does not date the White Shaman mural itself.
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The chronology of Pecos River style, the paint stratigraphy and the pigment summary.
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Steelman, K. L., Boyd, C. E., & Dering, J. P. (2025). Mapping the chronology of an ancient cosmovision: 4000 years of continuity in Pecos River style mural painting and symbolism. Science Advances 11(48), eadx7205. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx7205
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Steelman, Karen L. et al.. “Mapping the chronology of an ancient cosmovision: 4000 years of continuity in Pecos River style mural painting and symbolism.” Science Advances 11(48), eadx7205 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx7205.