Invisible Late Pleistocene Rock Art: Lessons from Northern Australia and the British Isles

Late Pleistocene rock art has often remained invisible in northern Australia and southern Britain, partly because it has not been looked for in the right places, partly because its existence has often been seriously doubted and partly because environmental changes have often obscured the surviving evidence. It was assumed there was no Palaeolithic cave art in Britain. Before we go further, let us make clear where we stand in terms of heritage and knowledge. Campbell’s ancestry is predominantl...