Metanarratives and the (re)invention of the Neolithic: A case study in rock-art from Birappa Rock Shelter and Hiregudda Hill, South-Central India

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-379

  Robinson, David W ^a   Korisettar, Ravi ^b   Koshy, Jinu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Invention; Mesolithic; Narrative; Neolithic; Rock art; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649127062     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605308095009     Document Type: Article

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