The Coa petroglyphs, seen in the established framework of rock-art stu
dies, belong in the corpus of west European parietal art of late Pleis
tocene age, as found in scores of caves and some open-air locations, O
ne of the four researchers who this summer studied the age of the figu
res using 'modern rock-art science' summarizes the group's conclusions
, and states how they kill off the stylistic dating of Palaeolithic ro
ck-art.