BRIN researchers awarded for discovery of oldest figurative painting

via Antara News, 15 August 2022: Congrats to my colleagues in Indonesia and Australia for their work in dating some of the oldest rock art in the world!

Researchers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) won the 2022 Achmad Bakrie Award (PAB) in the science category here on Sunday for their discovery of the world’s oldest figurative painting.

“The sample of the painting was taken to the lab and after being analyzed using the uranium series method, it turned out (that it was made) 45,500 years ago,” one of the researchers, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, told ANTARA here on Monday.

The research team consisted of Oktaviana and Budianto Hakim, who are researchers with the BRIN’s Archaeological Research Center, as well Pindi Setiawan, Basran Burhan, and Rustan L.P. Santari, who are academics and cultural heritage practitioners.

Source: BRIN researchers awarded for discovery of oldest figurative painting – ANTARA News