Abstract The presence of rock and portable art on Sicily has been recognized since World War II. This record has been unanimously attributed to the Upper Palaeolithic in the published literature, based almost uniquely on stylistic reasoning. Here we present the first absolute dates in direct association with the Sicilian art record. These data provide new insights into the life of Southern European hunter-gatherers and their relationships with coeval groups from Western Europe, contributing a fresh perspective on the ongoing discussion about the development and co-existence of different art traditions in Europe during the final phases of the Pleistocene and at the beginning of the Holocene.

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西西里晚冰期岩石艺术的放射性碳和 U 系列年龄限制

摘要 西西里岛的摇滚和便携式艺术自二战以来就已得到认可。在已发表的文献中，这一记录一致归因于旧石器时代晚期，几乎完全基于文体推理。在这里，我们展示了与西西里艺术记录直接相关的第一个绝对日期。这些数据为南欧狩猎采集者的生活及其与西欧同时代群体的关系提供了新的见解，为关于欧洲不同艺术传统在最后阶段的发展和共存的持续讨论提供了新的视角。更新世和全新世初期。