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ABSTRACT
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Introduction
Fig. 1: Distribution of rock art areas in W. Europe and N. Africa [from Course Book (Archaeology 258-1/ 358-1) on Rock Art published by the University of New England 1990]
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Fig. 2: Important Rock Art sites in India
Fig. 3: Some important rock art sites in Madhya Pradesh
Fig. 4: Rock art sites in and around Bhopal
Studies in Indian Rock Art
Fig. 5: Rock Art Sciences in relation to various disciplines
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Fig. 6: Preservation of the original horizontality of deposition in a rock art region
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Dating Techniques
Fig. 7: Effects of differential weathering in a rock shelter
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Superimposition
Fig. 8: Drawings of animals in a Bhimbetka rock shelter (superimposition) (Auditorium Cave)
Fig. 9: Impressions of hand palm in a rock shelter panel (superimposition)
Analysis Spatial
Absolute Dating Techniques
Fig. 10: Paintings of animals on the ceiling of a rock shelter in IGRMS campus
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Direct Dating
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Palaeoecology
Stream and streambank community
Megaterrestrial community
Fig. 11: Drawings of animals on a panel Bhimbetka rock shelter (Zoo Rock: Megaterrestrial Community)
Fig. 12: One of the finest paintings drawn on a panel at Bhimbetka (Bison: part of Megaterrestrial Community)
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Arboreal community
Fig. 13: Proposed Palaeoecological Model for Bhimbetka Rock Art
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