Archaeological excavations
G.R. Hunter at Dorothy Deep and Jambu Dwip, Pachmarhi, 1936,1955 At Dorothy Deep hunter concluded that the shelter was first occupied by Mesolithic tool –users and later by pottery users. There were no Pal...
Forms and techniques
Rock art is found in two forms: iconic and non-iconic, and has been created on bare rock surface either by additive technique (by applying pigment on rock, such as different kinds of rock paintings or by reduct...
Major rock art regions in India
The Himalayas
Jammu and Kashmir
Ladakh: Suru, Doda, Zanskar and Kargil
Uttarakhand
Kumaon: Kafada-Nangaon, Muuiya ki dhai, Kesar devi
Almora: Lakhu Udyar
Northeast India
Arunachal Prade...
Introduction
Rock art is a global phenomenon. It forms the archaic visual manifestations of hominins on bare surface of rocks, which have survived the vagaries of time. Other archaic forms of human cultural activities such ...
Rock Art
Rock art is a global phenomenon. It forms the earliest survived exograms, the creative manifestations of the hominins stored outside the brain on the bare surface of rocks in the open, in the caves and rock she...