Art, Sculpture & Rock Art
Edakkal Neolithic petroglyphs
NeolithicNeolithic artistsEdakkal caves (Kerala)Kerala
7,000 BCE
Rock carvings including human and symbolic figures.
- Dated
- 7,000–2,000 BCE
- As scholars put it
- Neolithic
- Originator
- Neolithic artists
- Source text
- Edakkal caves (Kerala)
- Region
- Kerala
- Discipline
- Art, Sculpture & Rock Art
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Part of the global tradition of Neolithic petroglyphs.
Fair to say
Dating of individual carvings is uncertain.
Path to modern innovation
Evidence of symbolic expression in South India.
Transmission
Regional prehistoric art.
References
- 1Archaeology of Edakkal
Further reading
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