Understanding the creation of small conical cupules in Daraki-Chattan, India

• Autores: Ram Krishna, Giriraj Kumar
• Localización: Préhistoire, art et sociétés: bulletin de la Société Préhistorique de l'Ariège, ISSN 1954-5045, Nº. 65-66, 2010-2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: L'art pléistocène dans le monde), págs. 216-217
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present paper is in continuation of our efforts to understand the creation of cupules in Daraki- Chattan by the process of cupule replication, started in 2002. Daraki-Chattan is one of the richest Palaeolithic cupule sites in the world, and has being studied under the EIP Project. We have identified four categories of cupules in Daraki-Chattan. Circular cupules with about 30 to 40mm diameter and conical depth of more than 5mm represent category 2. We really need to show how hard it is to make a small cupule of 30 to 35mm diameter with conical depth of 9mm. It is incredibly hard; it requires immense skill, precision and dedication. The present paper presents our endeavour to replicate such small cupules on hard quartzite rock and observations made particularly in 2008-09.