In Search of Hot (or Cool) Dates with Larry

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Art and Archaeology of the West: Papers in Honor of Lawrence L. Loendorf" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Rowe’s research group at Texas A&M University changed their direction about three decades ago when they undertook to develop a method for dating rock paintings. The method is based on the use of plasma-chemical oxidation to gently, at low temperatures, convert to carbon dioxide the organic material that was initially added to prepare paint. Professor Larry Loendorf was among the very first archaeologists to seek collaboration with our group, collaboration that has continued to the present day. Although almost of our dating attempts have been on rock paintings, a recent interesting artifact from Larry, an iron axe head found near a Lewis & Clark encampment in Montana, is discussed. Innovations in the plasma apparatus over the past four years is described briefly.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Art and Archaeology of the West: Papers in Honor of Lawrence L. Loendorf   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23688