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245 _aExploring the mind of ancient man : festschrift to RobertG.Bednarik
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260 _aNew Delhi
_bResearch India Press
_c2007
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500 _aForeword . vii From the Editor's Desk - xiii About the Editor xvii About the Book xix List of Contributors ' xxiv 1. Robert G. Bednarik and the Dating of the Rock Art 1 Alan Watchman 2. Formation of the International Federation of Rock Art Organisations (IFRAO) 10 B. K. Swartzs Jr. 3. A Review of the Work of Robert Bednarik , 12 Jonathan Barnes 4. Robert G. Bednarik and his Contribution to Rock Art Research 21 P. Channa Reddy 5. The Earliest Manifestations of 'Art': An Attempted Integration 25 Derek Hodgson 6. Sketching the Surface: Scratched Petroglyphs at Parker Point, Dampier, Western Australia 35 R. G. Gunn 7. Cience and Rock Art Research of the World 52 John Clegg 8. Rock Art of India : A Reappraisal 61 Dr. Y. Mathpal 9. Archaic Minds and Miniaturization: Glozel - 65 Norman Simms 10. About Rock Art Precption and the Bushman of Southern Africa 88 /. 6. Deregowski 11. Methodologies and Discussions on the Study of Rock Art Research: Perceptions for New Investigational Problems , 101 Guillermo Munoz 12. A Method for Studying Finger Flutings 111 Kevin Sharpie and Leslie Van Gelder 13. The Question of Palaeolithic Scripts 135 Paul Bouissac 14. The Case for Aesthetics and Rock Art 145 Thomas Heyd 15. Munda-Vedic Mleccha Speakers of Sarasvati Civilization 151 Dr. S. Kalyana Raman 16- Rock Art and Cultural Responses to Climatic Changes in the Central Sahara During the Holocene 173 Jean-Laic Le Quellec 17. Excavation of a Rock Shelter (No. 18) in the Campus of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal 189 G. L. Badam, Amitava Choudhury, Aditi Sen and Hemant Dave 18. Rock Art Education and Ethics 212 Dario Seglie 19. Reflections on Dating of Rock Art 218 Marvin W. Rowe 20. Portrayal of Rhinoceros in Art: Some Questions 232 /. Manuel .' 21. Cupules of Sandhbalda in Rairakhol Tehsil, Orissa, India 239 Prajnya Pratim Pradhan, Arakhita Pradhan and Kamei Athoilu Pradlmn 22. Origin of Symbolism: An Arabian Perspective 243 Majeed Klutn 23. Musings on the Palaeolithic Fan Motif 249 John Feliks 24. Indian Prehistoric Art: The Root of the Historical Classical Art _ 267 Prof. Sundara Adiga 25. Recording and Monitoring Rock Art in Britain and Libya with 3D Laser Scanning 276 T Barnett, M Diaz-Andreu and P Longhurst 26. New Discoveries at Niaux Cave in the French Pyrenees 281 Jean Clottes ,. 27. Palaeolithic Cultural Change in Western Eurasia Across the 40,000 BP Timeline: Continuities and Environmental Forcing 292 Francesco G. Fedele and Biagio Giaccio 28. Bhimbetka Glyphs . 310 James B. Harrod 29. Naturalised Epistemology, Human Models of Reality, Salience and Cave Iconography 324 Yann-Pierre Montelle 30. Documentation of Painted Rock Shelters at Bhimbetka, District Raisen, Madhya Pradesh 329 S. B. Ota and /. Manuel 31. Scientific Interpretation of Rock Art 345 C. Patterson 32. Deciphering Some Symbols / Geometric Designs in the Rock Art of Bihar and Jharkhand 357 A. K. Prasad 33. Rock Paintings of Geruiya Pahar, District Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 365 D. P. Tewari 34. Rock Art and Sustainable Indigenous Australian Cultural Heritage Tourism368 Graeme K. Ward 35. A Study of the Rock Art in the Upper Gundar Basin, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India 380 V. Sdvakumar 36. Pre-symbolic Interaction and the Palaeo-ecology of Religion 389 Jorn Greve 37. Rock Art Explores Indus History 396 Dhanpat Singh Dfwnia 38. Some Ship Represenations in Indian Rock Art 401 Dr. Alok Tripathi Index 409
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