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Article: Rock art and rock music: petroglyphs of the south Indian Neolithic.(Research)
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- March 1, 2004
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Rock art studies in India
Rock art in South Asia exhibits a wide geographical and chronological distribution. Petroglyphs and pictographs on natural stone surfaces are found across the subcontinent, and date from the Palaeolithic period through to the present day (Bednarik 1993, 2002; Brooks & Wakankar 1976; Chakrabarti 1999; Chakravarty & Bednarik 1997; Neumayer 1983). Nonetheless, South Asia has been largely overlooked in more recent studies that have sought a more theoretically-informed and interpretative approach to rock art (e.g. Chippindale & Tacon 1998; Goldhahn 1999; Helskog & Olsen 1995; Whitley 2001). In keeping with patterns in other realms of ...