BHIMBETKA SHELTER 15

(Goharganj Tahsil - IN)
22.916700,77.600000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Rock shelter S15 features a huge red bison attacking a helpless stick figure (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 611; LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 855). CAVE DESCRIPTION: WALTHAM (2009: 108 figure 3) gives a photograph showing A bedding plane slot that retains small rounded pillars of bedrock, etched into the wall of Rock Shelter #15, with a red ochre painting of a mythical bull just above.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Lonely Planet, India 1997; 2005; Lonely Planet, North India 2001; Waltham, Tony [Antony C] 2009.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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