BHIMBETKA SHELTER 04

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Once at Bhimbetka, the rock shelters are easy to find: 15 are accessible, signposted with a number (S1 to S15) and linked by a concrete path. […] Zoo Rock Shelter, famous for its variety of animal paintings, is one of the first you come to (LONELY PLANET, India 1997: 778; 2005: 611; LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 855). CAVE DESCRIPTION (WALTHAM 2009: 110): Among the Bhimbetka caves … the Zoo Cave, though little more than a deep alcove [with unidentified dimensions] at the foot of a crag, is a splendid site … WALTHAM (2009: 110 figure 7) shows a view of Bhimbetka's Zoo Cave, little more than a large rock shelter [with unidentified dimensions], with some of the most extensive artwork on its roof. CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art (paintings): Zoo Cave … [is characterised by] hordes of animal figures, each 100 to 400 mm long, were created with a pale lime-based paint on the cave roof. WALTHAM (2009: 110 figure 8) shows Detail of the animal paintings on the roof of the Zoo Cave (note 1).Once at Bhimbetka, the rock shelters are easy to find: 15 are accessible, signposted with a number (S1 to S15) and linked by a concrete path. […] Zoo Rock Shelter, famous for its variety of animal paintings, is one of the first you come to (LONELY PLANET, India 1997: 778; 2005: 611; LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 855). CAVE DESCRIPTION (WALTHAM 2009: 110): Among the Bhimbetka caves … the Zoo Cave, though little more than a deep alcove [with unidentified dimensions] at the foot of a crag, is a splendid site … WALTHAM (2009: 110 figure 7) shows a view of Bhimbetka's Zoo Cave, little more than a large rock shelter [with unidentified dimensions], with some of the most extensive artwork on its roof. CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art (paintings): Zoo Cave … [is characterised by] hordes of animal figures, each 100 to 400 mm long, were created with a pale lime-based paint on the cave roof. WALTHAM (2009: 110 figure 8) shows Detail of the animal paintings on the roof of the Zoo Cave (note 1).