Characterization of mineral coatings associated with a Pleistocene-Holocene rock art style: The Northern Running Figures of the East Alligator River region, western Arnhem Land, Australia

Penelope L King; Ulrike Troitzsch; Tristen Jones

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.12.024

Characterization of mineral coatings associated with a Pleistocene-Holocene rock art style: The Northern Running Figures of the East Alligator River region, western Arnhem Land, Australia

Data Brief. 2016 Dec 20:10:537-543. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.12.024. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Authors

Penelope L King¹, Ulrike Troitzsch¹, Tristen Jones²

Affiliations

¹ Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
² Department of Archaeology and Natural History, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

Abstract

This data article contains mineralogic and chemical data from mineral coatings associated with rock art from the East Alligator River region. The coatings were collected adjacent to a rock art style known as the "Northern Running Figures" for the purposes of radiocarbon dating (doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.016; (T. Jones, V. Levchenko, P.L. King, U. Troitzsch, D. Wesley, 2017) [1]). This contribution includes raw and processed powder X-ray Diffraction data, Scanning Electron Microscopy energy dispersive spectroscopy data, and Fourier Transform infrared spectral data.

Keywords: Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy; Scanning Electron Microscopy energy dispersive spectroscopy; X-ray Diffraction.