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Zur Deutung der Lochstäbe, Höhle und Spaten, Volume 65, Number 2, pp. 11-14, 1965.
Die Grabungen in der Promenadensteighöhle (1961 — 1964), Die Höhle, Volume 21, pp. 117-126, 1970.
Wohnhoehlen bei Tom Price (Nordwest-Australien). Die Höhle, Volume 24, pp. 140-145, 1973.
 A survey of prehistoric sites in the Tom Price region, northwestern Australiam, Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania, Volume 12, pp. 51-76, 1977.
The potential of rock patination analysis in Australian archaeology — part 1, The Artefact, Volume 4, pp. 14-38, 1979,
The potential of rock patination analysis in Australian archaeology — part 2, The Artefact, Volume 5, pp. 47-77, 1980.
The nature of psychograms, The Artefact, Volume 8, pp. 27-32, 1984.
Karlie-ngoinpool Cave: a preliminary report. Rock Art Research, Volume 1, Number 1, pp. 36-45, 1984.
Die Bedeutung der paläolithischen Fingerlinientradition, Anthropologie, Volume 23, pp. 73-79, 1984.
Parietal finger markings in Australia, Bolletino del Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, Volume 22, pp. 83-88, 1985.
The ‘Parietal Markings Project’ — a progress report. Rock Art Research, Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 71-74, 1985.
Parietal finger markings in Europe and Australia, Rock Art Research, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 30-61, 1986.
Comment on W. Davis, ‘The origins of image making’. Current Anthropology, Volume 27, pp. 202-203, 1986.
Cave use by Australian Pleistocene man, Proceedings, University of Bristol Spaeleological Society, Volume 17, pp. 227-245, 1986.
Engramme und Phosphene, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Volume 112, Number 2, pp. 223-235, 1987.
The cave art of Western Australia, The Artefact, Volume 12, pp. 1-16, 1987/1988.
On the Pleistocene settlement of South America, Antiquity, Volume 63, Number 238, pp. 101-111, 1989.
Perspectives of Koongine Cave and scientistic archaeology, Australian Archaeology, Number 29, pp. 9-16, 1989.
The Galgenberg figurine from Krems, Austria. Rock Art Research, Volume 6, Number 2, pp. 118-125, 1989.
On neuropsychology and shamanism in rock art, Current Anthropology, Volume 31, Number 1, pp. 77-84, 1990.
On the cognitive development of hominids, Man and Environment, Volume 15, Number 2, pp. 1-7, 1990
An Acheulian haematite pebble with striations. Rock Art Research, Volume 7, Number 1, p. 75, 1990.
About Pleistocene chert mining. Sahara, Volume 3, pp. 113-115, 1990.
The cave petroglyphs of Australia, Australian Aboriginal Studies, Volume 1990, Number 2, pp. 64-68, 1990.
More to Palaeolithic females than meets the eye. Rock Art Research, Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 133-137, 1990.
Epistemology in palaeoart studies, Origini, Volume 15, pp. 57-78, 1990-91.
Palaeolithic art from China. Rock Art Research, Volume 8, Number 2, pp. 119-123, 1991.
Book review of M. W. Conkey and C. A. Hastorf (eds), ‘The uses of style in archaeology’, Book review of M. W. Conkey and C. A. Hastorf (eds), ‘The uses of style in archaeology’, Australian Archaeology, Number 32: 75-76, 1991.
On natural cave markings, Helictite, Volume 29, Number 2, pp. 27-41, 1991.
Rock art dating in China: past and future, The Artefact, Volume 14, pp. 25-33, 1991.
Palaeoart and archaeological myths, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 27-43, 1992.
Palaeolithic art found in China, Nature, Volume 356, p. 116, 1992.
Challenge posed by the Palaeolithic art of Asia. International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 2, pp. 20-23, 1992.
Early subterranean chert mining, The Artefact, Volume 15, pp. 11-24, 1992.
A new method to date petroglyphs, Archaeometry, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 279-291, 1992.
The Paleolithic art of Asia, in S. Goldsmith, S. Garvie, D. Selin and J. Smith (eds), Ancient images, ancient thought: the archaeology of ideology, pp. 383-390. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, 1992.
On Lower Paleolithic cognitive development, in S. Goldsmith, S. Garvie, D. Selin and J. Smith (eds), Ancient images, ancient thought: the archaeology of ideology, pp. 427-435. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, 1992.
The stuff legends in archaeology are made of: a reply to critics, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, pp. 262-265, 1992.
Le cas des lions hermaphrodites, L’Anthropologie, Volume 96, Number 2-3, pp. 609-611, 1992.
Base pour des études de pointe des débuts de l’art, L’Anthropologie, Volume 96, Number 2-3, pp. 369-374, 1992.
Developments in rock art dating, Acta Archaeologica, Volume 63, pp. 141-155, 1992.
Mehr über die rote Farbe in Vorgeschichte, Almogaren, Volume 23, pp. 179-189, 1992.
Natural line markings on Palaeolithic objects, Anthropologie, Volume 30, Number 3, pp. 233-240, 1992.
European Palaeolithic art — typical or exceptional?, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 1-8, 1993.
Refutability and taphonomy: touchstones of palaeoart studies. Comment on D. W. Cameron, `The archaeology of Upper Palaeolithic art: aspects of uniformitarianism’. Rock Art Research, Volume 10, Number 1, pp. 11-13, 1993.
The calibrated dating of petroglyphs, The Artefact, Volume 16, pp. 32-38, 1993.
Shi jie shang zui gu lao de yan hua (The world’s oldest art), Mei Shu, Volume 8, Number 308, pp. 82-83, 1993.
A strategy for the practical application of microerosion dating. In J. Steinbring, A. Watchman, P. Faulstich and P. S. C. Taçon (eds), Time and space. Dating and spatial considerations in rock art research, pp. 64-66. Papers of Symposia F and E, Second AURA Congress, Cairns 1992. Occasional AURA Publication 8, Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne, 1993.
Geoarchaeological dating of petroglyphs at Lake Onega, Russia, Geoarchaeology, Volume 8, Number 6, pp. 443-463, 1993.
About Palaeolithic ostrich eggshell in India, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin, Volume 13, pp. 34-43, 1993.
Who’re we gonna call? The bias busters! In M. Lorblanchet and P. Bahn (eds), Rock art studies: the post-stylistic era, or where do we go from here? Papers presented in Symposium A, Second AURA Congress, Cairns, pp. 207-211. Oxbow Monograph 35, Oxbow Books, Oxford, 1993.
Palaeolithic art in India, Man and Environment, Volume 18, Number 2, pp. 33-40, 1993.
Die Bilzingslebener Gravierungen im Lichte altpaläolithischer Beweise kognitiver Fähigkeit, Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift, Volume 34, Number 4, pp. 549-553, 1993.
Art origins, part 1. Anthropos, Volume 89, pp. 169-180, 1994.
Art origins, part 2. Anthropos, Volume 89, pp. 169-180, 1994.
A taphonomy of palaeoart, Antiquity, Volume 68, Number 258, pp. 68-74, 1994.
The discrimination of rock markings, part 1. Rock Art Research, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 23-44, 1994.
The discrimination of rock markings, part 2. Rock Art Research, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 23-44, 1994.
The discrimination of rock markings, part 3. Rock Art Research, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 23-44, 1994.
The discrimination of rock markings, part 4. Rock Art Research, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 23-44, 1994.
A taphonomy of palaeoart, Antiquity, Volume 68, Number 258, pp. 68-74, 1994 (searchable version).
On the scientific study of palaeoart, Semiotica, Volume 100, Number 2/4, pp. 141-168, 1994.
Malangine and Koongine Caves, South Australia, The Artefact, Volume 17, pp. 43-60, 1994.
Comment on A. M. Byers: ‘Symboling and the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition: a theoretical and methodological critique’, Current Anthropology, Volume 35, p. 381, 1994.
Archaeology: empiricist determinism or cultural synthesis?, South African Archaeological Bulletin, Volume 49, Number 160, pp. 96-99, 1994.
About rock art dating. International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 7, pp. 16-18, 1994.
The Pleistocene art of Asia, Journal of World Prehistory, Volume 8, Number 4, pp. 351-375, 1994.
Epistemology and Palaeolithic rock art. Rock Art Research, Volume 11, Number 2, pp. 118-120, 1994.
Conceptual pitfalls in Palaeolithic rock art dating, Préhistoire Anthropologie Méditerranéennes, Volume 3, pp. 95-102, 1994.
The oldest art in the world, Espacio, Tiempo y Forma, Serie I, Volume 7, pp. 75-91, 1994.
Wall markings of the cave bear, Studies in Speleology, Volume 9, pp. 51-70, 1994.
Metamorphology: in lieu of uniformitarianism, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 14, Number 2, pp. 117-122, 1995.
Metamorphology: in lieu of uniformitarianism, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 14, Number 2, pp. 117-122, 1995 (searchable version).
Challenge posed by the Palaeolithic art of Asia (in Chinese), Yan Hua (Rock Art), Volume 1, pp. 17-21, 1995.
Digital colour re-constitution in rock art photography, part 1. Rock Art Research, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 42-51, 1995.
Digital colour re-constitution in rock art photography, part 2. Rock Art Research, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 42-51, 1995.
Concept-mediated marking in the Lower Palaeolithic, Current Anthropology, Volume 36, Number 4, pp. 605-634, 1995.
Rock art conservation in Australia. Bollettino del Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, Volume 28, pp. 132-137, 1995.
Refutation of stylistic constructs in Palaeolithic rock art, Comptes Rendus de L’Académie de Sciences Paris, Volume 321(série IIa), Number 9, pp. 817-821, 1995.
The Côa petroglyphs: an obituary to the stylistic dating of Palaeolithic rock art, Antiquity, Volume 69, pp. 877-883, 1995.
Contexte eurasien de l’art paléolithique chinois, L’Anthropologie, Volume 99, Number 2/3, pp. 459-466, 1995.
Archaeological potentials of the Parowan Gap site, Utah. In J. Steinbring (ed.), Rock art studies in the Americas. Papers presented to Symposium B of the AURA Congress, Darwin 1988, pp. 93-98. Oxbow Monograph 45, Oxbow Books, Oxford, 1995.
Rock art conservation in the upper Lena Basin, Siberia, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, Volume 1, Number 2, pp. 117-126, 1995.
Traces of cultural continuity in Middle and Upper Palaeolithic material evidence. Origini, Volume 18, pp. 47-67, 1995.
The age of the Côa valley petroglyphs in Portugal, part 1. Rock Art Research, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 86-103, 1995.
The age of the Côa valley petroglyphs in Portugal, part 2. Rock Art Research, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 86-103, 1995.
The age of the Côa valley petroglyphs in Portugal, part 3. Rock Art Research, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 86-103, 1995.
Untertag-Bergbau im Pleistozän, Quartär, Volume 45/46, pp. 161-175, 1995.
Logic in direct dating of rock art, Sahara, Volume 7, pp. 69-78, 1995.
Towards a better understanding of the origins of body decoration, Anthropologie, Volume 33, Number 3, pp. 201-211, 1995.
Palaeolithic love goddesses of feminism, Anthropos, Volume 91, Number 1, pp. 183-190, 1996.
Only time will tell: a review of the methodology of direct rock art dating, Archaeometry, Volume 38, Number 1, pp. 1-13, 1996.
Mehr über die Datierung von Felsbildern, Mitteilungen der Anisa, Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 5-16, 1996.
Übersicht der Methodik direkter Felskunstdatierung, Almogaren, Volume 27, pp. 257-284, 1996.
The cupules on Chief’s Rock, Auditorium Cave, Bhimbetka, The Artefact, Volume 19, pp. 63-72, 1996.
Pleistocene knotting [with Charles Warner]. In J. C. Turner and P. van de Griend (eds), History and science of knots, pp. 3-18. Series on Knots and Everything No. 11, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1996.
Crisis in Palaeolithic art studies, Anthropologie, Volume  34, Number 1, pp. 123-130, 1996.
Crisis in Palaeolithic art studies, Anthropologie, Volume  34, Number 1, pp. 123-130, 1996 (searchable version).
Rock art preservation in Siberia. In A. Thorn and J. Brunet (eds), Preservation of rock art, pp. 21-27. Proceedings of Symposium G, Second AURA Congress. Australian Rock Art Research Association Inc., Occasional AURA Publication 9, Melbourne, 1996.
Methods of direct dating of rock art, Sahara, Volume 8, pp. 43-52, 1996.
The initial peopling of Wallacea and Sahul, Anthropos, Volume 92, pp. 355-367, 1997.
Direct dating results from rock art: a global review, AURA Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 2, pp. 9-12, 1997.
Pleistocene stone pendant from Western Australia, Australian Archaeology, Number 45, pp. 32-34, 1997.
European art: the Palaeolithic legacy? part 1.  Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 255-268, 1997.
European art: the Palaeolithic legacy? part 2. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 255-268, 1997.
The origins of navigation and language, The Artefact, Volume 20, pp. 16-56, 1997.
An engraved slate fragment from Walyunga, Western Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum, Volume 18, Number 3, pp. 317-321, 1997.
The earliest evidence of ocean navigation, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Volume 26, Number 3, pp. 183-191, 1997.
The global evidence of early human symboling behaviour, Human Evolution, Volume 12, Number 3, pp. 147-168, 1997.
The early rock art of Australia, Bollettino del Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, Volume 30. pp. 57-64, 1997.
About ostrich eggshell beads, Acta Archaeologica, Volume 68, pp. 153-161, 1997.
Microerosion analysis of petroglyphs in Valtellina, Italy, Origini, Volume 21, pp. 7-22, 1997.
Über die Urkunst der Welt, Almogaren, Volume 28, pp. 21-49, 1998.
The first stirrings of creation, The UNESCO Courier, April 1998 issue, pp. 4-9, published in 32 languages, 1998.
The technology of petroglyphs, Rock Art Research, Volume 15, Number 1, pp. 23-35, 1998.
The ‘australopithecine’ cobble from Makapansgat, South Africa, South African Archaeological Bulletin, Volume 53, pp. 4-8, 1998.
Mariners of the Pleistocene. Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly, Volume 25, Number 3, pp. 7-15, 1998.
Direct dating results from Australian cave petroglyphs, Geoarchaeology, Volume 13, Number 4, pp. 411-418, 1998.
Microscopic analysis of ‘engraved plaques’ and other objects from Devil’s Lair, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Volume 81, pp. 23-33, 1998.
Cosmogenic radiation nuclides in archaeology: a response to Phillips et al., Antiquity, Volume 72, pp. 811-815, 1998.
An experiment in Pleistocene seafaring, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Volume 27, Number 2, pp. 139-149, 1998.
The archaeological significance of beads and pendants, Man and Environment, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 87-99, 1998.
Der Kiesel von Makapansgat. Früheste Urkunst der Welt?, Anthropos, Volume 94, pp. 199-204, 1999.
Maritime navigation in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences Paris, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 328, 559-563, 1999.
Nicht-paläolithische “paläolithische” Felskunst, Mitteilungen der Anisa, Volume 19, Number 1-2, pp. 7-16, 1999.
Nale Tasih 2: journey of a Middle Palaeolithic raft. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Volume 26, Number 1, pp. 25-33, 1999.
Der Beginn der Seefahrt, Almogaren, Volume 30, pp. 13-34, 1999.
Sailing a Paleolithic raft, Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly, Volume 26, Number 1, pp. 12-18, 1999.
The age of some Valtellina petroglyphs. International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 22, pp. 13-16, 1999.
Pleistocene seafaring in the Mediterranean, Anthropologie, Volume 37, Number 3, pp. 275-282, 1999.
The speleothem medium of finger flutings and its isotopic geochemistry, The Artefact, Volume 22, pp. 49-64, 1999.
Seefahrt im Pleistozän, Quartär, Volume 49/50, pp. 95-109, 1999.
Editorial: Boundaries, The Semiotic Review of Books, Volume 10, Number 1, pp. 1-2, 1999.
Nale Tasih: Eine Floßfahrt in die Steinzeit. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1999.
The implications of hominid seafaring capabilities, Acta Archaeologica, Volume 70, pp. 1-23, 1999.
Age estimates for the petroglyph sequence of Inca Huasi, Mizque, Bolivia, part 1. Andean Past, Volume 6, pp. 277-281, 2000.
Age estimates for the petroglyph sequence of Inca Huasi, Mizque, Bolivia, part 2. Andean Past, Volume 6, pp. 282-287, 2000.
In science, falsifiability rules. Comment on Derek Hodgson, ‘Art, perception and information processing: an evolutionary perspective’. Rock Art Research, Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 18-20, 2000.
Fariseu rock art not archaeologically dated. Rock Art Research, Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 65-68, 2000.
Crossing the Timor Sea by Middle Palaeolithic raft, Anthropos, Volume 95, pp. 37-47, 2000.
Microerosion dating — a recap. In Graeme K. Ward and Claudio Tuniz (eds), Advances in dating Australian rock-markings. Papers from the First Australian Rock-Picture Dating Workshop, pp. 52-54. Occasional AURA Publication 10, Australian Rock Art Research Association, Inc., Melbourne.
Some problems with ‘direct dating’ of rock-pictures. In Graeme K. Ward and Claudio Tuniz (eds), Advances in dating Australian rock-markings. Papers from the First Australian Rock-Picture Dating Workshop, pp. 104-109. Occasional AURA Publication 10, Australian Rock Art Research Association, Inc., Melbourne.
Pleistocene Timor: some corrections, Australian Archaeology, Number 51, pp. 16-20, 2000.
Earliest known Historical rock art in Australia. Rock Art Research, Volume 17, Number 2, pp. 131-133, 2000.
Lichenometry and rock art. Rock Art Research, Volume 17, Number 2, pp. 133-135, 2000.
The oldest known rock art in the world, Anthropologie, Volume 39, Numbers 2-3, pp. 89-97, 2001.
Pilbara petroglyphs dated. Rock Art Research, Volume 18, Number 1, pp. 55-57, 2001.
Damned dams again: the plight of Portuguese rock art. Rock Art Research, Volume 18, Number 1, Special Report, pp. i-iv, 2001.
Dating Australian cave petroglyphs. Cave Art Research, Volume 1, pp. 1-8, 2001.
Breakthrough in dating Australian Ice Age rock art. Minerva, Volume 12, Number 5, pp. 2-3, 2001.
The origins of Pleistocene navigation in the Mediterranean: initial replicative experimentation, Journal of Iberian Archaeology, Volume 3, pp. 11-23, 2001.
The eye is not as clever as it thinks it is. Rock Art Research, Volume 18, Number 2, pp. 82-83, 2001.
The taphonomy of beeswax figures, Rock Art Research, Volume 18, Number 2, pp. 91-95, 2001.
An Acheulian figurine from Morocco. Rock Art Research, Volume 18, Number 2, pp. 115-116, 2001.
Beads and pendants of the Pleistocene, Anthropos, Volume 96, pp. 545-555, 2001.
Petroglyphs in Italian Alps dated, Acta Archaeologica, Volume 72, Number 2, pp. 109-114, 2001.
Cupules: the oldest surviving rock art. International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 30, pp. 18-23, 2001.
Replicating the first known sea travel by humans: the Lower Pleistocene crossing of Lombok Strait, Human Evolution, Volume 16, Numbers 3-4, pp. 229-242, 2001.
First dating of Pilbara petroglyphs, Records of the Western Australian Museum, Volume 20, pp. 414–429, 2002.
The maritime dispersal of Pleistocene humans, Migration and Diffusion, Volume 3, Number 10, pp. 6-33, 2002.
About the age of Pilbara rock art, Anthropos, Volume 97, Number 1, pp. 201–215, 2002.
The survival of Murujuga (Burrup) petroglyphs, Rock Art Research, Volume 19, Number 1, pp. 29-40, 2002.
The first mariners, The American Neptune, Volume 61, Number 3, pp. 317-324, 2002.
The dating of rock art: a critique, Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 29, Number 11, pp. 1213-1233, 2002.
The First Mariners Project, The Bulletin of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Volume 26, pp. 57-64, 2002.
The oldest surviving rock art: a taphonomic review, Origini, Volume 24, pp. 335-349, 2002.
The Paroong Cave Preservation Project. Cave Art Research, Volume 2, pp. 1-20, 2002.
The Murujuga Campaign of 1868, Rock Art Research, Volume 19, Number 2, pp. 133-134, 2002.
An Acheulian palaeoart manuport from Morocco, Rock Art Research, Volume 19, Number 2, pp. 137-139, 2002.
Paläolithische Felskunst in Deutschland? Archäologische Informationen, Volume 25, Numbers 1-2, pp. 107-117, 2002.
The human ascent: a critical review, Anthropologie, Volume  40, Number 2, pp. 101-105, 2002.
The Saudi Arabian rock art mission of November 2001, Atlal, Volume 17, pp. 75-99, 2002.
‘Prehistoric’ ‘art’: a response to Bowyer, La Pintura, Volume 29, Number 3, p. 9, 2003.
Questions for Dr Zilhão, Rock Art Research, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 63-67, 2003.
2002 progress report of the EIP Project, Rock Art Research, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 70-71, 2003.
Seafaring in the Pleistocene, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, pp. 41-66, 2003.
A figurine from the African Acheulian, Current Anthropology, Volume 44, Number 3, pp. 405-413, 2003.
Concerns in rock art science. AURA Newsletter, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 1-4, 2003.
The earliest evidence of palaeoart, Rock Art Research, Volume 20, Number 2, pp. 89-135, 2003.
A major change in archaeological paradigm, Anthropos, Volume 98, pp. 511-520, 2003.
First microerosion calibration curve for Iberia, ARKEOS – Perspectivas em Diálogo, Volume 14, pp. 73-90, 2003.
Arte aborigena Australiana la tutela negata, Archaeologia Viva, Volume 22, Number 98, pp. 82-86, 2003.
The cave petroglyphs of Australia. Cave Art Research, Volume 3, pp. 1-8, 2003.
The Bilzingsleben engravings in the context of Lower Palaeolithic palaeoart, in H. Meller (ed.), Erkenntnisjäger: Kultur und Umwelt des frühen Menschen, pp. 43-49. Festschrift für Dietrich Mania, Landesamt für Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), 2003.
Public archaeology and political dynamics in Portugal, Public Archaeology, Volume 3, Number 3, pp. 162-166, 2004.
Rock markings of humans and other animals, Rock Art Research, Volume 21, Number 1, pp. 73-77, 2004.
Millennium: the state of Australian rock art research, in Ulf Bertilsson and Louise McDermott (eds), The future of rock art — a world review, pp. 50-59. Rapport från Riksantikvarieämbetet 2004:7, National Heritage Board of Sweden, Stockholm, 2004.
The cave bear in Chauvet Cave. Cave Art Research, Volume 4, pp. 1-12, 2004.
Interpretatsiya dannykh o proiskhozhdeii iskusstva, Arkheologiy, etnografiy i antropologiy Evraziy, Volume 20, Number 4, pp. 35-47, 2004.
Interpreting the evidence for art origins, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Volume 20, Number 4, pp. 35-47, 2004.
Africa and India: pre-Historic parallels, African Quarterly, Volume 44, Number 3, pp. 1–11, 2004.
New evidence from the Côa valley, Portugal. Rock Art Research, Volume 21, Number 2, pp. 137-144, 2004.
Reply to João Zilhão, Public Archaeology, Volume 3, Number 4, pp. 240-244, 2004.
A recipe for failure. AURA Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 1, pp. 8-9, 2004.
Scientific studies of Saudi Arabian rock art, Rock Art Research, Volume 22, Number 1, pp. 49-81, 2005.
Proposal for Dampier: towards a resolution of the problems facing the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Occasional AURA Publication 13, Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne, 2005.
Church Hole: a controversial site, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 42, pp. 19-21, 2005.
Middle Pleistocene beads and symbolism, Anthropos, Volume 100, Number 2, pp. 537-552, 2005.
Palaeolithic cave art in Britain?, Cave Art Research, Volume 5, pp. 1-6, 2005.
Archaeology and science: a response to Huffman, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Volume 60, Number 181, pp. 39-41, 2005.
Preliminary results of the EIP Project, Rock Art Research, Volume 22, Number 2, pp. 147-197, 2005.
More on Acheulian beads, Rock Art Research, Volume 22, Number 2, pp. 210-212, 2005.
Out of India? The world’s earliest rock art, Minerva, Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 31-32, 2006.
A global perspective of rock art protection, Coalition, Volume 11, pp. 2-5, 2006.
A unified theory for palaeoart studies, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 1, pp. 85-88, 2006.
Cognitive archaeology and cognitive sciences, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 1, pp. 24-26, 2006.
The methodology of examining very early engravings, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 1, 125-128, 2006.
Quantification of the amount of rock art lost at Dampier, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 1, pp. 137-140, 2006.
The palaeoanthropological and archaeological context. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 1. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik1.pdf, 2006.
Short-range versus long-range theories. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 2. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik2.pdf, 2006.
The evidence of palaeoart. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 3. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik3.pdf, 2006.
Beads, symbolism and self-awareness. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 4. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik4.pdf, 2006.
The evidence of language origins. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 5. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik5.pdf, 2006.
Neurophysiology and paleoart. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 6. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik6.pdf, 2006.
Towards a theory of cognitive origins. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 7. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik7.pdf, 2006.
The evolution of symbolism. Cognition and symbolism in human evolution, Lecture 8. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/rbednarik8.pdf, 2006.
The Middle Palaeolithic engravings from Oldisleben, Germany, Anthropologie, Volume 44, Number 2, pp. 113-121, 2006.
Pleistocene rock art in central Europe? International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 45, pp. 27-30, 2006.
More about finger flutings, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 195-197, 2006.
The cave art of Mladeč Cave, Czech Republic, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 207-216, 2006.
Micoquian engravings from Oldisleben, Germany, Rock Art Research, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 265-268, 2006.
The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic origins of semiotics, in Alexander Yevglevsky (ed.), Structural and semiotic investigations in archaeology, pp. 89-106. Donetsk University Press, Donetsk, Ukraine, 2006.
The known cave art of South Australia, Cave Art Research, Volume 6, pp. 1-14, 2006.
About the age of the Chauvet rock art, Cave Art Research, Volume 6, pp. 14-20, 2006.
Antiquity and authorship of the Chauvet rock art, Rock Art Research, Volume 24, Number 1, pp. 21-34, 2007.
Models of reality derived from biological intelligence. Rock Art Research, Volume 24, Number 1, pp. 40-42, 2007.
Dampier rainwater as acidic as beer: CSIRO. Rock Art Research, Volume 24, Number 1, pp. 139-141, 2007.
Experimental crossing from Sumbawa to Komodo by bamboo raft, INA Quarterly, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 13-17, 2007.
The Late Pleistocene cultural shift in Europe, Anthropos, Volume 102, Number 2, pp. 347-370, 2007.
Petroglyphs of Meenamatta, the Blue Tier mountains, Tasmania, Rock Art Research, Volume 24, Number 2, pp. 161-170, 2007.
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Book review of S. Webb 2006, ‘The first boat people’, Australian Aboriginal Studies, Volume 2007, Number 2, pp. 179-181, 2007.
Cave art and perceived abilities of the ancients. Cave Art Research, Volume 7, pp. 1-5, 2007.
The early cave art of central Europe. Cave Art Research, Volume  7, pp. 6-15, 2007.
Removing rock art. International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 50, pp. 8-12, 2008.
Cupules, Rock Art Research, Volume 25, Number 1, pp. 61-100, 2008.
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An analysis of archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 2. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik2.pdf, 2008.
Versions of archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 3. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik3.pdf, 2008.
Mistakes in archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 4. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik4.pdf, 2008.
The neocolonialism of archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 5. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik5.pdf, 2008.
Logic in archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 6. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik6.pdf, 2008.
A metamorphology of archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 7. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik7.pdf, 2008.
Contingencies in Pleistocene archaeology. The epistemology of Pleistocene archaeology, Lecture 8. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/bednarik8.pdf, 2008.
Beads and cognitive evolution, Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, Volume 1, Number 3, pp. 285-318, 2008.
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Auditorium Cave: oldest known cave art in the world, Cave Art Research, Volume 8, pp. 1-12, 2008.
The mythical Moderns, Journal of World Prehistory, Volume 21, Number 2), pp.85-102, 2008.
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Children as Pleistocene artists, Rock Art Research, Volume 25, Number 2, pp. 173-182, 2008.
Neurophysiology and palaeoart. AURA Newsletter, Volume 25, Number 1, pp. 6-16, 2008.
On cupule interpretation, Rock Art Research, Volume 25, Number 2, pp. 214-219, 2008.
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Die Kranichberger Petroglyphen bei Glocknitz, Niederösterreich, Almogaren, Volume 39, pp. 19-26, 2008.
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Zur Seefahrt im Paläolithikum, Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift, Volume 49, Number 3, pp. 257-270, 2008.
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Reviewing the Flores Hobbit chronicles, Anthropos, Volume 104, Number 1, pp. 195-198, 2009.
Experimental colorimetric analysis of petroglyphs, Rock Art Research, Volume 26, Number 1, pp. 55-64, 2009.
“Natural cupules” in caves, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 54, pp. 10-11, 2009.
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To be or not be Palaeolithic, that is the question, Rock Art Research, Volume 26, Number 2, pp. 165-177, 2009.
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The rock art of southern Arabia reconsidered, Adumatu Journal, Volume 20, pp. 7-20, 2009.
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The global context of Lower Palaeolithic Indian palaeoart, Man and Environment, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 1-16, 2009.
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Developments in petroglyph dating, Rock Art Research, Volume 27, Number 2, pp. 217-222,  2010.
The First Cupule Conference: introduction and summary. In R. Querejazu Lewis and R. G. Bednarik (eds), Mysterious cup marks: proceedings of the First International Cupule Conference, pp. 1-3. BAR International Series 2073, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2010.
Estimating the age of cupules. In R. Querejazu Lewis and R. G. Bednarik (eds), Mysterious cup marks: proceedings of the First International Cupule Conference, pp. 5-12. BAR International Series 2073, Archaeopress, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-4073-0634-6, 2010.
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The technology of cupule making. In R. Querejazu Lewis and R. G. Bednarik (eds), Mysterious cup marks: proceedings of the First International Cupule Conference, pp. 53-58. BAR International Series 2073, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2010.
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A short ethnography of cupules. In R. Querejazu Lewis and R. G. Bednarik (eds), Mysterious cup marks: proceedings of the First International Cupule Conference, pp. 109-114. BAR International Series 2073, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2010.
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An aetiology of hominin behaviour, HOMO — Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Volume 63, pp. 319-335, 2012; doi. 10.1016/j.jchb.2012.07.004
The nexus between neurodegeneration and advanced cognitive abilities, Anthropos, Volume 107, Number (2, pp. 511-527, 2012.
Traces of the ancients: ethnographic vestiges of Pleistocene ‘art’, Rock Art Research, Volume 29, Number 2, pp. 191–217, 2012.
U-Th analysis and rock art: a response to Pike et al., Rock Art Research 29(2): 244–246, 2012.
On the neuroscience of rock art interpretation, On the neuroscience of rock art interpretation, Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 37–40, 2013.
The origins of modern human behaviour, in R. G. Bednarik (ed.), The psychology of human behaviour, pp. 1–58. Nova Press, New York, NY., 2013.
From human past to human future, Humanities , Volume 2, pp. 20–55, 2013.
Pleistocene palaeoart of Africa, Arts, Volume 2, pp. 6-34, 2013.
Brain disorder and rock art, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Volume 23, Number 1, pp. 69-81, 2013.
Tracing the emergence of palaeoart in sub-Saharan Africa, Rock Art Research, Volume 30, Number, pp. 33-54, 2013.
Pleistocene palaeoart of Asia, Arts, Volume 2, pp. 46-76, 2013.
Myths about rock art, Journal of Literature and Art Studies, August 2013, Volume 3, Number 8, pp. 482-500, 2013.
Proboscidean petroglyphs in the USA, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 67, pp. 1-7, 2013.
History’s largest confrontation over rock art protection, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 67, pp. 15-19, 2013.
African Eve: hoax or hypothesis?, Advances in Anthropology, Volume 3, Number 4, pp. 216-228, 2013; doi: 10.4236/aa.2013.34031; http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=39900#.U5JvUnYUqqY
Cultural heritage management, ethics and rock art in Western Australia, Australian Aboriginal Studies, Volume 2013, Number 2, pp. 86-91, 2013.
The tail that wags the dog, Rock Art Research, Volume 30, Number 2, pp. 165-166, 2013.
Megafauna depictions in Australian rock art, Rock Art Research, Volume 30, Number 2, pp. 197-215, 2013.
Siega Verde: a bungled submission to the World Heritage List, Rock Art Research, Volume 30, Number 2, pp. 256-258, 2013.
Advances in surface luminescence dating: new data from selected monuments, Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry, Volume 13, Number 3, pp. 105-115, 2013.
Archaeological constructs of place in the Pleistocene?, Purakala, Volume 23, pp. 19-26, 2013.
Siega Verde: a bungled submission to the World Heritage List, Rock Art Research 30(2): 256-258, 2013.
The first mariners, 1st edn, Research India Press, New Delhi, ISBN 978-93-5171-007-3, 2014.
Archaeology and rock art science, Almogaren, Volume 44-45, pp. 57-72, 2014-2014.
Pleistocene palaeoart of Australia, Arts, Volume 3, pp. 156-174, 2014.
Pleistocene palaeoart of the Americas, Arts, Volume 3, pp. 190-206, 2014.
Exograms, Rock Art Research, Volume 31, Number 1, pp. 47-62, 2014.
Data and interpretation in the Côa valley, Portugal, Rock Art Research, Volume 31, Number 1, pp. 107-110, 2014.
Pleistocene palaeoart of Europe, Arts, Volume 3, pp. 245-278, 2014.
Mud-wasp nests and rock art , Rock Art Research, Volume 31, Number 2, pp. 225-231, 2014.
Doing with less: hominin brain atrophy, HOMO — Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Volume 65, pp. 433-449; doi: 10.1016/j.jchb.2014.06.001; 2014.
The beginnings of maritime travel, Advances in Anthropology, Volume 4, Number 4, pp. 209-221, 2014.
Pleistocene fauna depictions in American palaeoart, Rock Art Research, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 3-30, 2015.
The significance of the earliest beads, Advances in Anthropology, Volume 5, pp. 51-66, 2015.
The tribology of cupules, Geological Magazine, Volume 152, Number 4, pp. 758-765; doi:10.1017/S0016756815000060; 2015.
An etiology of Theory of Mind in deep time, in E. Sherwood (ed.), Theory of Mind: development in children, brain mechanisms and social implications, pp. 115-144. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2015.
Paleoart of the Lower Paleolithic, Progress in Arts and Humanities, Volume 1, Number 1, pp. 1-12, 2015.
Prehistoria sin nacionalismo (Pre-History without nationalism), ISTOR: Revista de Historia Internacional, Volume 15, Number 60, pp. 13-36, 2015.
Pleistocene beads and cognitive evolution, in A. R. Sankhyan (ed.), Recent discoveries and perspectives in human evolution, pp. 149-160. British Archaeological Reports, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2015.
Saudi Arabian rock art complexes inscribed on World Heritage List, AURA Newsletter, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 1-3, 2015.
Dating rock art in Xinjiang Province, China, AURA Newsletter, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 6-8, 2015.
Concerning a cupule sequence on the edge of the Kalahari desert in South Africa, Rock Art Research, Volume 32, Number 2, pp. 162-177, 2015.
The Kalatrancani Petroglyph Complex, central Bolivia, Rock Art Research, Volume 32, Number 2, pp. 219-230, 2015.
The first mariners, The first mariners, 2nd edn, Bentham Science Publishers, Oak Park, IL; DOI: 10.2174/97816810801921150101, eISBN: 978-1-68108-019-2, ISBN: 978-1-68108-020-8, 2015.
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Forensic science of cupules, Rock Art Research, Volume 33, Number 1, pp. 49-64, 2016.
The aetiology of the Pennines rock grooves,  Rock Art Research, Volume 33, Number 1, pp. 94-97, 2016.
The International Centre of Rock Art Dating and Conservation (ICRAD), Rock Art Research, Volume 33, Number 1, pp. 111-112, 2016.
Art in caves, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Volume 60 (Suppl. 2), pp. 139-152, 2016.
An etiology of human behavior, part 1. In Robert G. Bednarik (ed.), Understanding human behavior: theories, patterns and developments, pp. 63-93. Nova Biomedical, New York. ISBN 978-1-63485-174-9, 2016.
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Questions and answers about art and rock art, Expression, Volume 12(June 2016), pp. 8-10, 2016.
Forensic replication work with Australian cave art, in Robert G. Bednarik, Danae Fiore, Mara Basile, Giriraj Kumar and Tang Huisheng (eds), Paleoart and materiality: the scientific study of rock art, pp. 99-112. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 2016.
Taphonomy of the early petroglyphs at Daraki-Chattan and in the region around it in the Chambal valley, Indiay, in Robert G. Bednarik, Danae Fiore, Mara Basile, Giriraj Kumar and Tang Huisheng (eds), Paleoart and materiality: the scientific study of rock art, pp. 161-169. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 2016.
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Direct dating of Bolivian petroglyphs using indirect microerosion analysis, in Robert G. Bednarik, Danae Fiore, Mara Basile, Giriraj Kumar and Tang Huisheng (eds), Paleoart and materiality: the scientific study of rock art, pp. 225-234. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 2016.
Rock art and pareidolia, Rock Art Research, Volume 33, Number 2, pp. 167-181, 2016.
The science of cupules, Archaeometry, Volume 58, Number 6, pp. 899-911; doi: 10.1111/arcm.12216.
The Gondershausen petroglyphs reconsidered, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 76, pp. 23-27, 2016.
Pleistocene maritime colonization, Expression, Volume 14, pp. 16-21, 2016.
The earliest logboats of China, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Volume 45, Number 2, pp. 441-466; doi: 10.1111/1095-9270.12186, 2016.
Mind and creativity of hominins, SemiotiX: A Global Information Magazine, February 2017.
Chauvet Cave rock art by ‘Neanderthals’, AURA Newsletter, Volume 34, Number 1, pp. 1-9, 2017.
Continuing the wild goose chase: a response to d’Errico and Stringer, AURA Newsletter, Volume 34, Number 1, pp. 9-12, 2017.
The 2014 microerosion dating project in China, Rock Art Research, Volume 34, Number 1, pp. 40-54, 2017.
Developing ICRAD, Rock Art Research, Volume 34, Number 1, pp. 113-116, 2017.
Equine petroglyphs in Europe, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 13C, pp. 222-228; doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.059, 2017.
Aniconism and the origins of palaeoart, Religion, doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2017.1288785, 2017.
Palaeoart of the Ice Age, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, ISBN 978-1-4438-9517-0, 2017.
Editorial: The World Heritage List and rock art; Solving the Dampier controversy, Rock Art Research, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 123-129, 2017.
New rock art complex in Saudi Arabia, Rock Art Research, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 179-188, 2017.
Book review: Darwin’s Bridge: uniting the humanities and sciences, edited by Joseph Carroll, Dan P. Adams and Edward O. Wilson. Rock Art Research, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 218-219, 2017.
Pareidolia and rock art interpretation, Anthropologie, Volume 55, Numbers 1–2, pp. 101–117, 2017.
Scientific investigations into Saudi Arabian rock art: a review, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Volume 17, Number 4, pp. 43-59, 2017.
Cultural roles of bears: response to Julien d’Huy, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 79, pp. 17-20, 2017.
The 2015 rock art missions in China, Rock Art Research, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 25-34, 2018.
Direct dating of petroglyphs in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, Rock Art Research, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 85-97, 2018.
The First Saudi Archaeology Convention, Rock Art Research, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 115-116, 2018.
‘Living’ rock art traditions in Saudi Arabia, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 82, pp. 1-5, 2018.
About woolly rhinos in rock art, International Newsletter on Rock Art, Number 82, pp. 25-29, 2018.
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Book review of E. Malotki and E. Dissanayake, Early rock art of the American West: the geometric enigma, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 133-134, 2019.
Natural or artificial: Fujian rock markings, Rock Art Research, Volume 36, Number 2, pp.  227-230, 2019.
Rock metamorphosis by kinetic energy, Emerging Science Journal, Volume  3, Number 5, pp. 293-302, 2019.
Scientific study of the cupules in Daraki-Chattan Cave, India, Rock Art Research, Volume 36, Number 2, pp. 148-156, 2019.
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The domestication of humans, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, ISBN: 978-0-367-89787-1 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-003-02113-1 (ebook), 2020.
The 2017 rock art mission in Hubei Province, China, Rock Art Research, Volume 37, Number 1, pp. 67–73, 2020.
Archaeotribology: the interaction of surfaces in relative motion in archaeology, Tribology International Volume 141; doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106198, 2020.
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