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Rock art , Ecology And Landscape : Ethnographical And Spatial Perspectives From the Nilgiris

Author(s) Ms. Ramya K P
Country India
Abstract This is an important piece of prehistoric South Indian culture: rock art from the Nilgiri Hills. The paintings and engravings are often located in unusual ecological sites: rock shelters, hill slopes and transition zones between forest and grassland. Although several sites within the region have been documented in previous studies, the question of how the rock art, landscape, and indigenous movement patterns fit together has rarely been asked. This study investigates the spatial distribution of rock art sites on the Nilgiri plateau and how the ecological settings may have influenced the decisions made by people when creating them. It is based on spatial observations, archaeological documentation and ethnographic comparisons with indigenous communities such as Kurumbas and Irulas. The art is placed in its broader landscape and looked for patterns that recur: sites clustered close to seasonal water sources, on high vantage points and along likely routes of movement. The patterns suggest the art may have been used for ritual purposes, marking out territory or routes travelled by people. Ethnographic perspectives add another dimension, a sense of the symbolic and social meanings the landscape may have held.This study suggest that the Nilgiri rock art is best understood not as a collection of isolated artistic expressions, but as the outcome of a continuous relationship between human communities and their surrounding environments. Thus the study contributes to wider debates on landscape archaeology and the reading of rock art in South India.
Keywords Landscape Archaeology, Spatial Analysis, Ethnography, Indigenous knowledge
Field Sociology > Archaeology / History
Published In Volume 8, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On 2026-10-26
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