The present volume embodies comprehensive documentation, classification and analysis of the rock art of Andhra Pradesh, which is one of the important regional rock art zones of peninsular India. The rock art data is analysed from the thematic and stylistic perspective taking note of the features such as colour schemes, superimpositions and state of preservation of the pictographs and petroglyphs. The entire corpus of rock art is classified, both at the intre-site and inter-site levels and tentatively dated to Mesolithic, Neolithic, Megalithic and Historical periods. This is done on the basis of the internal analysis of the rock art representations, corroborated by circumstantial archaeological data either from excavations or surface context.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N Chandramouli
Dr. N. Chandramouli (B. 1961) is presently working as Assistant Professor in the department of Archaeology and Architecture, School of History, Culture and Archaeology, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Srisailam Campus. He got his Post graduate degree in Ancient Indian History and Archaeology (1984) from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Master of Philosophy degree in Archaeology (1986) from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and Doctorate Degree (1994) from P.S. Telugu University. He is the Vice-President of Rock Art Society of India, Agra and is a life member of Australian Rock Art Research Association Rock Art Research Association, Canberra, Australia; Indian Society for Prehistoric and quarternary studies, Pune; Indo Pacific Prehistory Association, Australia; Andhra Pradesh History Congress, and South Indian History Congress. He has to his credit 25 published papers on Rock Art, Prehistoric Archaeology and History in various National and international journals. He has a good field work experience in prehistoric archaeology and discovered a number of palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites in the Nallamalai hills and other parts of Andhra Pradesh besides several rock art sites.
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