CHENNAI: A team of archaeologists who walked through dense forests after hearing from a neighborhood person about some mysterious ‘symbols’ inside of a rock safe haven has ended up making a really perfect discovery.
The team found ten pre-historic rock art work inside of a rock residing/safe haven in Viraliyur, a hamlet 32 km from Coimbatore. The pictures, most commonly in red ochre and one in white, depict the collectible figurines of animals, human, square and triangle patterns with ornamental motifs and unidentified symbols.
Even although the “two ‘kissing deer’ and hunters with bow and arrow are finished with nice aesthetic sense, the indicators and logos found here reach importance as they raise questions on whether the prehistoric males had been aware of geometry. The team, led by rock art skilled KT Gandhirajan, stated those art work should were created by other artists in three other sessions.
“The red ochre art work in this safe haven would possibly were finished all through the neo-lithic length (3000-4000 BP (earlier than present)) based on the topic and its executions. The art work in white depict two hunters with a dagger. This may well be belonged to iron age (2000–2500 BP),” stated Gandhirajan, who with Kumaravel Ramasamy and Sudhahar Nalliappan, found out the web site.
How does the team calculate the date? “In many puts within the Kongu area reported with iron age implements is further improve thus far this painting,” he stated.
Viraliyur is locked by mountains in its northern aspect. The team started trekking to the web site based on the guidelines by a neighborhood person. He stated he had observed some mysterious symbols inside of a rock safe haven situated somewhat clear of the village temple devoted to the looking god. “We walked greater than seven km from the temple to reach the web site which is called “Mel Saamy Kugai” (cave of the mountain god). We found ten pictures in quite a lot of puts of the safe haven,” he stated.
The team of archaeologists, then again, doesn’t imagine that the web site have been used as a permanent habitation since prehistoric length. “It may have been used as a temporary safe haven all through the time of honey assortment, looking and different activities within the woodland. Even now this safe haven has numerous beehives inside of it. The historic people would possibly have used it as a safe haven to protect themselves from wild animals,” stated Gandhirajan.
In Kongu area, these kind of rock art work are present in puts like Kumuthipathi, Vellarukkam Palayam and Kovanur. Most are finished by white pigments, but in Viraliyur the case is other. Most are finished in red ochre, barring a unmarried composition in white pigment. “In Tamil Nadu rock art, geometrical patterns aren't found steadily. The square and triangle patterns found listed here are stuffed with ornamental motifs. This is an ordinary depiction within the context of rock art in Tamil Nadu. This displays that the prehistoric artists are aware of geometry. It’s a really perfect concept and must be studied intimately,” stated Gandhirajan, who has found out many rock art sites in Tamil Nadu.
The team found ten pre-historic rock art work inside of a rock residing/safe haven in Viraliyur, a hamlet 32 km from Coimbatore. The pictures, most commonly in red ochre and one in white, depict the collectible figurines of animals, human, square and triangle patterns with ornamental motifs and unidentified symbols.
Even although the “two ‘kissing deer’ and hunters with bow and arrow are finished with nice aesthetic sense, the indicators and logos found here reach importance as they raise questions on whether the prehistoric males had been aware of geometry. The team, led by rock art skilled KT Gandhirajan, stated those art work should were created by other artists in three other sessions.
“The red ochre art work in this safe haven would possibly were finished all through the neo-lithic length (3000-4000 BP (earlier than present)) based on the topic and its executions. The art work in white depict two hunters with a dagger. This may well be belonged to iron age (2000–2500 BP),” stated Gandhirajan, who with Kumaravel Ramasamy and Sudhahar Nalliappan, found out the web site.
How does the team calculate the date? “In many puts within the Kongu area reported with iron age implements is further improve thus far this painting,” he stated.
Viraliyur is locked by mountains in its northern aspect. The team started trekking to the web site based on the guidelines by a neighborhood person. He stated he had observed some mysterious symbols inside of a rock safe haven situated somewhat clear of the village temple devoted to the looking god. “We walked greater than seven km from the temple to reach the web site which is called “Mel Saamy Kugai” (cave of the mountain god). We found ten pictures in quite a lot of puts of the safe haven,” he stated.
The team of archaeologists, then again, doesn’t imagine that the web site have been used as a permanent habitation since prehistoric length. “It may have been used as a temporary safe haven all through the time of honey assortment, looking and different activities within the woodland. Even now this safe haven has numerous beehives inside of it. The historic people would possibly have used it as a safe haven to protect themselves from wild animals,” stated Gandhirajan.
In Kongu area, these kind of rock art work are present in puts like Kumuthipathi, Vellarukkam Palayam and Kovanur. Most are finished by white pigments, but in Viraliyur the case is other. Most are finished in red ochre, barring a unmarried composition in white pigment. “In Tamil Nadu rock art, geometrical patterns aren't found steadily. The square and triangle patterns found listed here are stuffed with ornamental motifs. This is an ordinary depiction within the context of rock art in Tamil Nadu. This displays that the prehistoric artists are aware of geometry. It’s a really perfect concept and must be studied intimately,” stated Gandhirajan, who has found out many rock art sites in Tamil Nadu.
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