SEMINAR:
  Archaeology Seminar
  - Pleistocene Archaeology and Rock Art of Central India (Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra). Some results from the ROCEEH exploration visits in 2016 and 2017
		
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:00 - Arts Building, Fox Lecture Theatre
		
Associate Professor Martin Porr, University of Western Australia
In this seminar, I will report on two visits to Central India that I
conducted as part of an exploratory team from Tübingen University
(Germany) and the ROCEEH Project (Heidelberg, Germany). India has one of
the richest and complex archaeological records in the world. The Indian
Subcontinent has a rich Lower Palaeolithic record and continuous human
occupation throughout the Pleistocene and Holocene. This evidence also
includes painted and engraved rock art. It is now well established that
rock art on the Indian subcontinent has a substantial chronological
depth and probably covers the whole period from the Palaeolithic, the
Neolithic and to the present. As such, it is reflective of an
exceptionally wide range of different societies, economic strategies,
religious and ritual practices. The importance of this latter heritage
has been widely recognized, for example, through the UNESCO World
Heritage status of the rock art complex at Bhimbetka.  My talk will
present some first-hand impressions of some significant Pleistocene
archaeological and rock art sites from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
It will also highlight some challenges of working in India. The talk
will not contain complicated theoretical considerations but a lot of
lovely images.
		
For more information:
  Ana Paula Motta
  anapaula.motta@research.uwa.edu.au

Starts       : Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:00
Ends         : Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:00
		
Last Updated : Tue, 11 Sep 2018 03:03