New rock art discoveries in the Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Antiquity

Volumn 84, Issue 324, 2010, Pages 335-350

  Taçon, Paul S C ^a   Boivin, Nicole ^b   Hampson, Jamie ^c   Blinkhorn, James ^b   Korisettar, Ravi ^d   Petraglia, Michael ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Jwalapuram locality 9; Katavani kunta 1; Kurnool; Paintings; Rock art

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953546661     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00066618     Document Type: Article

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