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Rock-art image in Fern Cave, Lava Beds National Monument, California: not the AD 1054 (Crab Nebula) supernova

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R. A. Armitage ,
M. Hyman ,
J. Southon ,
C. Barat  and
M. W. Rowe
R. A. Armitage
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843, USA. E-mails: raa6112@acs.tamu.eduhyman@chemvx.tamu.edurowe@chemvx.tamu
M. Hyman
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843, USA. E-mails: raa6112@acs.tamu.eduhyman@chemvx.tamu.edurowe@chemvx.tamu
J. Southon
Affiliation:
Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA 94551, USA. E-mail: john.southon@quickmail.LLNL.gov
C. Barat
Affiliation:
Lava Beds National Monument, Tule Lake CA 96134, USA. E-mail: labe_administration@nps.gov
M. W. Rowe
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843, USA. E-mails: raa6112@acs.tamu.eduhyman@chemvx.tamu.edurowe@chemvx.tamu
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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 AD 1054.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 273 , September 1997 , pp. 715 - 719
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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