{"product_id":"indian-rock-art-and-its-global-context","title":"Indian Rock Art and its Global Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a unique volume in the history of rock art studies, meant at once\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003efor the advanced scholar, serious student and the curious but conscientious\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003elayman, co-authored by K.K. Chakravarty and R.G. Bednarik, who co-chaired\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ethe Rock Art session of the World Archaeological Congress 3 at Delhi in\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e1994. It is a synoptic but comprehensive survey, illustrated by 221\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ephotographs and sketches, including 172 photographs in colour. The two\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003escholars have not only described the latest state of research on rock art,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ebut also transported rock art studies into the realm of interdisciplinary,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003einter-cultural analysis. Buttressed by an indicative map of the rock art\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eregions, a list of major up to date direct dating results on rock art, a\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eglossary of keywords related to spatial, temporal, technological,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003emanagerial categories, and an index, this volume blends precise,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003edispassionate descriptions with eloquent evocations. It blends conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003edistilled from rigorous, hard headed field research with penetrating\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ecriticism and assessment of the evidence. It combines a ruthless brevity\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eand density with extraordinary felicity and clarity of language. Above all,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eit is an wonderful attempt at dealing with the problems of understanding,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ewhich dog human attempts to comprehend the meaning and shape of human\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ecreativity.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReview(s)\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author(s)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn M.P.A. in Public Administration and Ph.D. in Art History from Harvard University, Dr. Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty (IAS, 1970) is a serving Secretary to the Government of India, on deputation to the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi as its Trustee and Member Secretary. Dr. Chakravarty has published and lectured extensively on anthropology, museology, archaeology, art history and on bio-cultural diversity. Dr. Gyani Lal Badam, a leading quaternary geologist and palaeontologist, has established the discipline of palaeontology at the Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, Pune, where his academic interests diversified to include river valleys and water harvesting structures in central and peninsular India. Dr. Vijaya Paranjpye, is basically a plant ecologist and worked for sometime as a faculty member in a local college in Pune before joining Econet, a Non-Government Organization. He became interested in areas like traditional water management, study of dams on the Narmada and other rive valleysin Maharashtra and also in ecological constraints. His broad interests have revolved around ecosystem, farmers organisation and organizational matters particularly amongst the farmers of Maharashtra. At present, Dr. Paranjpye is the Trustee and Chairperson of 'Gomukh', a Non-Government Organization based in Pune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD PUBLICATION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51272746107178,"sku":"CRAZY-9789359719214","price":61.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/1107_676806c6-24a4-4aa4-900a-ae84ec7ad5da.jpg?v=1773920339","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/indian-rock-art-and-its-global-context","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}