# Russ 1990: Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric rock paintings by selective oxidation of organic carbon

> Jon Russ, Marian Hyman, Harry J. Shafer et al., 1990. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The start of direct dating in the Lower Pecos.

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# Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric rock paintings by selective oxidation of organic carbon

Jon Russ, Marian Hyman, Harry J. Shafer et al., 1990. _Nature 348_.

The first use of low-temperature oxygen plasma to extract organic carbon from an inorganic-pigmented rock painting for AMS dating, on a Pecos River style figure at 41VV75 (3865 plus or minus 100 radiocarbon years BP, as later tabulated by Steelman and colleagues).

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The start of direct dating in the Lower Pecos.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The first Pecos River style painting is dated by plasma oxidation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/events/EVT0DCKN68GVZDV/the-first-pecos-river-style-painting-is-dated-by-plasma)

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[Marvin W. Rowe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/people/FIG0DCKKZHB18AH/marvin-w-rowe)

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Russ, J., Hyman, M., Shafer, H. J., & Rowe, M. W. (1990). Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric rock paintings by selective oxidation of organic carbon. Nature 348. https://doi.org/10.1038/348710a0
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