The dating of rock art has
long been regarded as one of the most delicate problems in rock art studies.
Since the concept of direct dating of rock art was put forward in the early
1980, many scholars have attempted to conduct a direct dating of rock art
by means of modern science and technology. Almost all the direct dating methods
are, up to now, hard applied to petroglyph dating but micro-erosion analysis,
which seems to be a promising dating method of petroglyphs. And there also
are quite a lot evidences to have demonstrated the validity of micro-erosion
analysis. During 1997-1998, we applied micro-erosion dating analysis to Qinghai
petroglyphs in accordance with Bednariks micro-erosion dating method.
Chinese rock art scholars frequently use synthesis and comparison among archaeology,
anthropology, religion studies, bibliography and others to conduct the dating
of rock art.
Synthesis and comparison, as well as micro-erosion dating analysis are likewise
the major method we use in the dating of rock art in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Datation d'art rupestre au plateau tibétain de Qinghai
Le problème de la datation a longtemps été considéré
comme un des plus délicats en matière d'art rupestre, et conduit
beaucoup de chercheurs à se baser sur des méthodes scientifiques
sophistiquées et souvent coûteuses. On présent ici une
méthode de datation directe des pétroglyphes de la région
de Quinghai, basée sur l'analyse cristallographie de la micro érosion
des quartz et des feldspaths constituant le matériau de base du support.
On présente une chronologie d'ensemble des pétroglyphes en comparant
les résultas obtenus avec des comparaisons stylistiques et thématiques.