Mesolithic Period Rock Painting : Found In Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
A Mesolithic period rock painting has been found in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh recently.
Mesolithic-era rock paintings in Guntur:-
- The time period of these paintings is estimated to be Mesolithic Age, roughly from 5000 BC.
- These paintings were made with “natural white kaolin and red ochre pigments”.
- Ochre: a pigment composed of clay, sand, and ferric oxide.
- Kaolinite: a soft, earthy, and usually white mineral produced by the chemical weathering of aluminum silicate minerals like feldspar.
- The social life and culture of the people who lived in the area are depicted through them.
- One of the paintings depicted a man catching a wild goat with his left hand while wielding a hook-like implement to control it.
- Another showed two couples standing with their hands raised while a child stood behind them.
- The paintings depicted a person tilling a piece of land.
- This can be an indication of a semi-settled life pattern in which members of this community cultivated crops.
