There has been much debate over the decades amongst Cuban archaeologists about what group or groups may have created the rock art in the karst caves of Cuba. The complexities of Cuba's history made dating rock paintings an attractive method for determining their origins. Samples were collected from three caves in Mayabeque province, collectively referred to as Las Charcas. Chemical analyses were carried out along with plasma–chemical oxidation and accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon dating. The paintings in two caves contained bitumen, resulting in anomalously old dates, whilst the other cave's amorphous carbon-based paintings fit within a pre-Columbian context.

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古巴拉斯查卡斯洞穴岩画的化学特征和放射性碳测年

几十年来，古巴考古学家一直在争论什么团体或团体可能在古巴的喀斯特洞穴中创造了岩石艺术。古巴历史的复杂性使得对岩画进行年代测定成为确定其起源的一种有吸引力的方法。样本是从 Mayabeque 省的三个洞穴中收集的，统称为 Las Charcas。化学分析与等离子体化学氧化和加速器质谱放射性碳测年一起进行。两个洞穴中的绘画包含沥青，导致异常古老的日期，而另一个洞穴的无定形碳基绘画适合前哥伦布时期的背景。