Dr Kamat, Very interesting pictures! Please do keep us posted on what the IFRAO chairman has to say on your research.
Do you have any materials on the early settlers in Goa - folks who might have migrated out of Africa and settled in Goa while on their onward migration to the Far East/Australia ? Regards, Jim F New York. --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Dr.Nandkumar Kamat <nandka...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Dr.Nandkumar Kamat <nandka...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Goanet] A new leaf in Goa's prehistory>Linear cupules of > Bambolim>History of human colonization of Tiswadi now goes back to mesolithic > (10000 years BCE) period > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 5:08 AM > On June 25 th I made an important > discovery on Bambolim plateau which pushes > back the history of human colonization of Tiswadi island to > 10000 BCE > (humans entered Goa 60-80000 years BCE) > It was the discovery of five groups of linear stone > cupules...vestiges of > prehistoric rock art, which I have dated to > mesolithic-early neolithic > period. these site was known to have a microlithic > industry. > I have already sent the pictures and details to IFRAO > chairman Australian > rock art researcher Dr. Robert Brednarick and awaiting his > comments > The first set of images of these rare finds are uploaded > at > http://picasaweb.google.com/Nandkamat/PrehistoryOfBambolimPlateauLinearCupulesAndMicroliths# ... ...