M W Rowe
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 52663 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M W Rowe |
| NOMBRES | M W |
| APELLIDO | Rowe |
| FIRMA | ROWE M W |
| AFILIACIONES | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9704-287X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 46 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 116 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1980 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
First dating of a rock painting in Ẓufār (Sultanate of Oman)
We successfully measured four radiocarbon dates on two specimens of a black geometric rock painting with a fragment in jeopardy of naturally spalling off in the wall of a rock shelter in the Ẓufār region, in the south of the Sultanate of Oman. Extraction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for radiocarbon dating of the binder in the black pigment of the rock painting specimen was conducted in the plasma oxidation laboratory at the Office of Archeological S…
Premature Oxidation During Argon Plasma Cleaning of Water-Rich Radiocarbon Samples
Plasma oxidation for 14 C sampling utilizes low-pressure (133 Pa), low-energy ( 2 -plasmas generating CO 2 for AMS dating. O 2 -plasmas on empty chambers remove organic contamination. When clean, a new specimen is inserted and Ar-plasmas dislodge adsorbed atmospheric CO 2 from surfaces. Finally, O 2 -plasmas oxidize organic materials to CO 2 for AMS analysis. During some Ar-plasmas we observed anomalous pressure increases and unexpectedly high CO…
Lead and Zinc Pigmented Mural Paint
At Lowry Pueblo, small fragments of painted plaster are all that remain of a bold white step pattern mural that once decorated Kivas A and B. We used the following analytical techniques to study these fragments: visual microscopic analysis, portable X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy with an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer, powder X-ray diffraction, and radiocarbon dating. We identified zinc oxide and lead sulfate pigment miner…
Re-dating the Lower Pecos Canyonlands SMM (Skiles) mummy burial, dating a red-colored deerskin strap
Serpentine bends site #1
Dating Methods (Absolute and Relative) in Archaeology of Art
A vueltas con la cronologia del prótomo pintado en “El portalón de Cueva Mayor” (Ibeas de Juarros, Burgos)
Se cuestiona la adscripcin contempornea de la figura de estilo paleoltico existente en El Portaln de Cueva Mayor, dentro del complejo krstico de la Sierra de Atapuerca en Burgos. Se plantea una revisin crtica de los argumentos utilizados en un estudio anterior y se valoran nuevas evidencias y datos disponibles desde entonces. Las conclusiones se ven apoyadas por la realizacin de estudios grficos sustentados en una metodologa especfica y por anlis…
Portable X-ray fluorescence of Lower Pecos painted pebbles
Dating Methods (Absolute and Relative) in Archaeology of Art
Radiocarbon dating a pictograph at Medicine Lodge Creek, Wyoming
Wyoming State Parks recovered a large chunk of the Medicine Lodge Creek Archaeological Site cliff wall, which had fallen away, with rock paintings on it. A sample from one of the paintings was dated to 800 BP with the Plasma Oxidation dating method. Comparison to regional sites suggests the dated painting is part of the Foothills Abstract tradition or a variant of the Columbia Plateau tradition
Lamarque and Olsen on Literature and Truth
This chapter argues that this account of literature and truth is seriously at variance with the way writers, critics and readers behave in the real world. In Truth, Fiction and Literature, Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen defend a no-truth theory of literature, and argue that the concepts of truth, knowledge and insight play no ineliminable role in accounting for literature&s;s value. Lamarque and Olsen claim that general propositions assert…
Philosophy and Literature
Strategies for 14 C Dating the Oxtotitlán Cave Paintings, Guerrero, Mexico
Oxtotitlán Cave paintings have been considered among the earliest in Mesoamerica on stylistic grounds, but confirmation of this hypothesis through absolute dating has not been attempted until now. We describe the application of advanced radiocarbon strategies developed for situations such as caves with high carbon backgrounds. Using a low-temperature plasma oxidation system, we dated both the ancient paint and the biogenic rock coatings that cove…
The death of a pterodactyl
Portable X ‐Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Pictographs
We evaluate the effectiveness of non‐destructive portable X ‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy ( pXRF ) for elemental analysis of pictographs at 10 sites in the L ower P ecos C anyonlands of T exas. Considerations and limitations of pXRF analysis are discussed to inform future research. We found that manganese and iron minerals were the main constituents of black and red paints, respectively. However, 40 pXRF measurements from 31 images tested at 41V…
Datations des peintures rupestres dans les Amériques
La datation des peintures rupestres s’est banalisée depuis deux décennies et de nombreux résultats fiables ont été obtenus. Cette discipline nécessite cependant davantage de contrôles et de vérifications – au moins jusqu’à ce qu’une nouvelle méthode ait fait ses preuves. Bien que le présent article traite uniquement des pictogrammes, cette affirmation s’applique aussi bien aux pétroglyphes, peut-être même plus. Comment pouvons-nous être sûrs que …
Dating of Rock Paintings in the Americas
Pictograph dating has been commonplace for two decades. Many good results have been obtained. But, verification needs to become more frequent in rock art dating studies – at least until a new dating method has been proven. Although I speak here only about pictographs, it applies to petroglyphs as well, perhaps even more so. How can we know we are getting accurate dates? Standards are used to verify experimental techniques. However, there is only …
Radiocarbon Dating of Rock Paintings
This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract Paint on a Rock Canvas Radiocarbon Dating Dating Rock Art Our Work Using Plasma Oxidation Conclusions and Future Work Acknowledgments References
Calcium oxalate AMS 14C dating and chronology of post-Palaeolithic rock paintings in the Iberian Peninsula. Two dates from Abrigo de los Oculados (Henarejos, Cuenca, Spain)
Aesthetics and Music
Uniformity of format does not guarantee uniformity of content. Readers of David Davies's Aesthetics and Literature, in Continuum's new ‘Aesthetics and . . .’ series, will know that it is a lively and reliable guide to most contemporary disputes in the analytic philosophy of literature: the nature of literature, fiction, fictional characters, literature and the emotions, the cognitive value of literature, and so forth. While equally impressive, An…
Lower Pecos and Coahuila peyote
Rock Painting Depicting Re-incursion of Bison onto the South Texas Plains
We extracted carbon from a sample removed from a small, non-descript, solid monochrome pictograph at Painted Indian Cave site on the Pedernales River, Blanco County, Texas (41BC1). It contains red iron oxide pigment and is approximately 10-20 em in size. The sample was taken with a surgical scalpel with a new blade. Plasma-chemistry was utilized to extract the organic carbon, without getting contamination from inorganic carbon-bearing minerals, c…
AMS Dates from Four Late Prehistoric Period Rock Art Sites in West Central Montana
In 2002, eight pigment samples were collected from three rock art sites in the Big Belt Mountains of west central Montana. Samples from Hellgate Gulch (24BW9), Avalanche Mouth (24BW19), and the Gates of the Mountains (24LC27) were dated using plasma-chemical extraction and accelerator mass spectrometry. The dates were statistically indistinguishable with ages of 11701 ± 45, 1225 ± 50, and 1280 1 ± 50 B.P. When calibrated, these ages range from 65…
Direct radiocarbon dating of megalithic paints from north-west Iberia
Using plasma chemistry, carbon was extracted from charcoal paint samples collected from megalithic monuments in north-west Iberia. Nine accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon dates on these paints establish their age to be within 1000 14C years of each other, centred at approximately 5000 BP. These radiocarbon ages for megalithic paintings fall within the proposed time period for north-west Iberian megalithic culture. Multiple layers of paint…
Nondestructive Radiocarbon Dating
Plasma oxidation was used to obtain radiocarbon dates on six different materials from a naturally mummified baby bundle from the Lower Pecos River region of southwest Texas. This bundle was selected because it was thought to represent a single event and would illustrate the accuracy and precision of the plasma oxidation method. Five of the materials were clearly components of the original bundle with 13 dates combined to yield a weighted average …
Radiocarbon dates for pictographs in Ignatievskaya Cave, Russia
Samples from three charcoal pictographs at Ignatievskaya Cave, in the southern Ural Mountains of Russia, have been radiocarbon dated. An advanced antiquity was expected, with some paintings thought to be more than 10,000 years old, as suggested by the imagery. One charcoal painting, for example, resembles a mammoth. The radiocarbon date of that motif, however, dates only to 7370±50 BP. If that motif actually represents a live mammoth, it places m…
Lower Pecos and Coahuila peyote
Direct radiocarbon dating of megalithic paints from north-west Iberia
Using plasma chemistry, carbon was extracted from charcoal paint samples collected from megalithic monuments in north-west Iberia. Nine accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon dates on these paints establish their age to be within 1000 14C years of each other, centred at approximately 5000 BP. These radiocarbon ages for megalithic paintings fall within the proposed time period for north-west Iberian megalithic culture. Multiple layers of paint…
Mass Spectrometric Radiocarbon Dates from Three Rock Paintings of Known Age
Radiocarbon age determinations are presented on three hieroglyphic texts from Naj Tunich cave in Guatemala containing Maya calendar dates. The ages obtained are on average 110-140 years older than the calendar dates. Several possible reasons are discussed for this discrepancy: one that is applicable to all radiocarbon dates on charcoal, one that applies to rock paintings, and one that is specific for the tropics. Possible problems with the ages a…
AMS Radiocarbon Dates for Charcoal from Three Missouri Pictographs and Their Associated Iconography
This report presents four radiocarbon dates of charcoal pigments from Picture Cave, a site located in a remote wooded area in east-central Missouri. Carbon from charcoal pigments was extracted from three rock drawings on the wall of this cave. The four pigment samples contained sufficient carbon for accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon analysis. These black pigment samples (red and white paints are also present in the cave) yielded dates th…
Radiocarbon Dates on the All American Man Pictograph
Controversy has surrounded the All American Man pictograph in southeast Utah since its discovery in the 1950s. Its coloration, similar to the flag of the United States of America, has led to questions regarding its authenticity. We have obtained two radiocarbon values on a single sample comprised of pigmented sandstone fragments from one small area of this pictograph. They suggest the pictograph dates to the fourteenth century and indicate that i…
Ancient DNA from Texas Pictographs
Re-examination of Ancient DNA in Texas Rock Paintings
AMS Dates from Four Late Prehistoric Period Rock Art Sites in West Central Montana
In 2002, eight pigment samples were collected from three rock art sites in the Big Belt Mountains of west central Montana. Samples from Hellgate Gulch (24BW9), Avalanche Mouth (24BW19), and the Gates of the Mountains (24LC27) were dated using plasma-chemical extraction and accelerator mass spectrometry. The dates were statistically indistinguishable with ages of 11701 ± 45, 1225 ± 50, and 1280 1 ± 50 B.P. When calibrated, these ages range from 65…
Nondestructive Radiocarbon Dating
Plasma oxidation was used to obtain radiocarbon dates on six different materials from a naturally mummified baby bundle from the Lower Pecos River region of southwest Texas. This bundle was selected because it was thought to represent a single event and would illustrate the accuracy and precision of the plasma oxidation method. Five of the materials were clearly components of the original bundle with 13 dates combined to yield a weighted average …
Dating A Pictograph in The Pryor Mountains, Montana
We have dated a sample of red paint taken near an anthropomorphic pictograph in Elk Creek Cave in the Pryor Mountains, Montana. The radiocarbon date obtained, 840±50 years BP, is in agreement with expectations based on archaeological inforence
Strategies for 14 C Dating the Oxtotitlán Cave Paintings, Guerrero, Mexico
Oxtotitlán Cave paintings have been considered among the earliest in Mesoamerica on stylistic grounds, but confirmation of this hypothesis through absolute dating has not been attempted until now. We describe the application of advanced radiocarbon strategies developed for situations such as caves with high carbon backgrounds. Using a low-temperature plasma oxidation system, we dated both the ancient paint and the biogenic rock coatings that cove…
Portable X ‐Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Pictographs
We evaluate the effectiveness of non‐destructive portable X ‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy ( pXRF ) for elemental analysis of pictographs at 10 sites in the L ower P ecos C anyonlands of T exas. Considerations and limitations of pXRF analysis are discussed to inform future research. We found that manganese and iron minerals were the main constituents of black and red paints, respectively. However, 40 pXRF measurements from 31 images tested at 41V…
Lamarque and Olsen on Literature and Truth
In Fiction, Truth and Literature, Lamarque and Olsen argue that if a critic claims or attempts to prove that the outlook of a work of literature is true or false, he is not engaging in literary or aesthetic appreciation. This paper argues against this position by adducing cases where literary critics discuss the truth or falsity of a work’s view, when their opinions are obviously relevant to the work’s aesthetic assessment. The paper considers in…
Rock-art image in Fern Cave, Lava Beds National Monument, California
The visual manifestation of the recent Hale-Bopp comet reminds us how telling are those rare objects which suddenly flare in the sky. One can suppose ancient people living by natural light were more compellingly struck by the sight of comets and supernovae, and understandably researchers seek images of them in the shapes of rock-art motifs. An absolute dating contradicts that supposition in respect of a presumed image of the visible supernova of …
Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Analyses of a Black Deposit Associated with Pictographs at Little Lost River Cave, Idaho
Dated Rock Paintings at Red Cliffs, Arizona
This article presents radiocarbon dates for painted motifs at Red Cliffs, west of Sedona in the northeastern corner of Yavapai County, Arizona. All rock painting shields at the Red Cliffs sites have usually been attributed to the Sinagua. Black pigment from one shield motif and an overlying white dot on another motif yielded uncalibrated radiocarbon dates of 1080 and 550 years B.P., respectively. The black pigment sample dates to a time when the …
Lead and Zinc Pigmented Mural Paint
At Lowry Pueblo, small fragments of painted plaster are all that remain of a bold white step pattern mural that once decorated Kivas A and B. We used the following analytical techniques to study these fragments: visual microscopic analysis, portable X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy with an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer, powder X-ray diffraction, and radiocarbon dating. We identified zinc oxide and lead sulfate pigment miner…
Serpentine bends site #1
Portable X-ray fluorescence of Lower Pecos painted pebbles
The death of a pterodactyl
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
1University of York Encyclopedia of Aesthetics MichaelKelly Oxford U.P. 19982184 + xvii£300.00
The Objectivity of Aesthetic Judgements
Journal Article THE OBJECTIVITY OF AESTHETIC JUDGEMENTS Get access M.W. ROWE M.W. ROWE Department of Philosophy, University of YorkHeslington, York Yoi 5DD, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 1999, Pages 40–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/39.1.40 Published: 01 January 1999
Poetry and Abstraction
Journal Article POETRY AND ABSTRACTION Get access M. W. Rowe M. W. Rowe Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 1996, Pages 1–15, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/36.1.1 Published: 01 January 1996
Why 'Art' Doesn't Have Two Senses
Journal Article WHY ‘ART’ DOESN'T HAVE TWO SENSES Get access M. W. Rowe M. W. Rowe 61, London Street, Pocklington, York YO4 2JW, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 31, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 214–221, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/31.3.214 Published: 01 June 1991
Uranium in Hueco and Guadalupe Mountain Indian Ceramics
Why 'Art' Doesn't Have Two Senses
Journal Article WHY ‘ART’ DOESN'T HAVE TWO SENSES Get access M. W. Rowe M. W. Rowe 61, London Street, Pocklington, York YO4 2JW, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 31, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 214–221, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/31.3.214 Published: 01 June 1991
The Definition of 'Art
Journal Article The Definition of ‘Art’ Get access M.W. Rowe M.W. Rowe St. Anne’s College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 164, July 1991, Pages 271–286, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220029 Published: 01 July 1991
Arnold, Plato, Socrates
Tracing the evolution of Plato's influence on Matthew Arnold (1822–1886) allows us to see the whole of Arnold's intellectual development more clearly. Plato is a central figure in Arnold's prose work, but up until the age of thirty-five Arnold saw himself as primarily a poet, and here the Platonic influence is minimal. 'Quiet Work' contains hints of Plotinus, and 'In Utrumque Paratus' explores the Plotinian idea of the world as an emanation from …
Dating A Pictograph in The Pryor Mountains, Montana
We have dated a sample of red paint taken near an anthropomorphic pictograph in Elk Creek Cave in the Pryor Mountains, Montana. The radiocarbon date obtained, 840±50 years BP, is in agreement with expectations based on archaeological inforence
Radiocarbon Dates on the All American Man Pictograph
Controversy has surrounded the All American Man pictograph in southeast Utah since its discovery in the 1950s. Its coloration, similar to the flag of the United States of America, has led to questions regarding its authenticity. We have obtained two radiocarbon values on a single sample comprised of pigmented sandstone fragments from one small area of this pictograph. They suggest the pictograph dates to the fourteenth century and indicate that i…
Ancient DNA from Texas Pictographs
Poetry and Abstraction
Journal Article POETRY AND ABSTRACTION Get access M. W. Rowe M. W. Rowe Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 1996, Pages 1–15, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/36.1.1 Published: 01 January 1996
Lamarque and Olsen on Literature and Truth
In Fiction, Truth and Literature, Lamarque and Olsen argue that if a critic claims or attempts to prove that the outlook of a work of literature is true or false, he is not engaging in literary or aesthetic appreciation. This paper argues against this position by adducing cases where literary critics discuss the truth or falsity of a work’s view, when their opinions are obviously relevant to the work’s aesthetic assessment. The paper considers in…
Rock-art image in Fern Cave, Lava Beds National Monument, California
The visual manifestation of the recent Hale-Bopp comet reminds us how telling are those rare objects which suddenly flare in the sky. One can suppose ancient people living by natural light were more compellingly struck by the sight of comets and supernovae, and understandably researchers seek images of them in the shapes of rock-art motifs. An absolute dating contradicts that supposition in respect of a presumed image of the visible supernova of …
How old is north Queensland's rock‐art? A review of the evidence, with new AMS determinations
It has been 18 years since Andrée Rosenfeld suggested that the rock‐art of north Queensland changed from non‐figurative to mainly figurative forms some 5–4000 years ago. Her views were based on a small regional database and on indirect chronological evidence. This paper looks afresh at the antiquity of north Queensland's rock‐art by reviewing the existing evidence — much elaborated since Rosenfeld's pioneering work — and by presenting new AMS rad…
The Objectivity of Aesthetic Judgements
Journal Article THE OBJECTIVITY OF AESTHETIC JUDGEMENTS Get access M.W. ROWE M.W. ROWE Department of Philosophy, University of YorkHeslington, York Yoi 5DD, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 1999, Pages 40–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/39.1.40 Published: 01 January 1999
Dated Rock Paintings at Red Cliffs, Arizona
This article presents radiocarbon dates for painted motifs at Red Cliffs, west of Sedona in the northeastern corner of Yavapai County, Arizona. All rock painting shields at the Red Cliffs sites have usually been attributed to the Sinagua. Black pigment from one shield motif and an overlying white dot on another motif yielded uncalibrated radiocarbon dates of 1080 and 550 years B.P., respectively. The black pigment sample dates to a time when the …
On being Brunette
AMS Radiocarbon Dates for Charcoal from Three Missouri Pictographs and Their Associated Iconography
This report presents four radiocarbon dates of charcoal pigments from Picture Cave, a site located in a remote wooded area in east-central Missouri. Carbon from charcoal pigments was extracted from three rock drawings on the wall of this cave. The four pigment samples contained sufficient carbon for accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon analysis. These black pigment samples (red and white paints are also present in the cave) yielded dates th…
Mass Spectrometric Radiocarbon Dates from Three Rock Paintings of Known Age
Radiocarbon age determinations are presented on three hieroglyphic texts from Naj Tunich cave in Guatemala containing Maya calendar dates. The ages obtained are on average 110-140 years older than the calendar dates. Several possible reasons are discussed for this discrepancy: one that is applicable to all radiocarbon dates on charcoal, one that applies to rock paintings, and one that is specific for the tropics. Possible problems with the ages a…
Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Analyses of a Black Deposit Associated with Pictographs at Little Lost River Cave, Idaho
Re-examination of Ancient DNA in Texas Rock Paintings
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
1University of York Encyclopedia of Aesthetics MichaelKelly Oxford U.P. 19982184 + xvii£300.00
Radiocarbon dates for pictographs in Ignatievskaya Cave, Russia
Samples from three charcoal pictographs at Ignatievskaya Cave, in the southern Ural Mountains of Russia, have been radiocarbon dated. An advanced antiquity was expected, with some paintings thought to be more than 10,000 years old, as suggested by the imagery. One charcoal painting, for example, resembles a mammoth. The radiocarbon date of that motif, however, dates only to 7370±50 BP. If that motif actually represents a live mammoth, it places m…
Comment on “some evidence of a date of first humans to arrive in Brazil”
Nondestructive Radiocarbon Dating
Plasma oxidation was used to obtain radiocarbon dates on six different materials from a naturally mummified baby bundle from the Lower Pecos River region of southwest Texas. This bundle was selected because it was thought to represent a single event and would illustrate the accuracy and precision of the plasma oxidation method. Five of the materials were clearly components of the original bundle with 13 dates combined to yield a weighted average …
AMS Dates from Four Late Prehistoric Period Rock Art Sites in West Central Montana
In 2002, eight pigment samples were collected from three rock art sites in the Big Belt Mountains of west central Montana. Samples from Hellgate Gulch (24BW9), Avalanche Mouth (24BW19), and the Gates of the Mountains (24LC27) were dated using plasma-chemical extraction and accelerator mass spectrometry. The dates were statistically indistinguishable with ages of 11701 ± 45, 1225 ± 50, and 1280 1 ± 50 B.P. When calibrated, these ages range from 65…
Direct radiocarbon dating of megalithic paints from north-west Iberia
Using plasma chemistry, carbon was extracted from charcoal paint samples collected from megalithic monuments in north-west Iberia. Nine accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon dates on these paints establish their age to be within 1000 14C years of each other, centred at approximately 5000 BP. These radiocarbon ages for megalithic paintings fall within the proposed time period for north-west Iberian megalithic culture. Multiple layers of paint…
Lower Pecos and Coahuila peyote
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