Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic TY - JOUR JO - Anthropologie (Brno) TI - The Oldest Known Rock Art in the World AU - Bednarik RG Y1 - 2001 VL - 39 IS - 2-3 PB - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic SN - 0323-1119 SP - 89 EP - 97 KW - Petroglyphs KW - Acheulian KW - India KW - Cupules KW - Taphonomic logic N2 - N2 - The question of the earliest currently known rock art is considered from the empirical evidence available. The paper focuses on very early anthropogenic rock markings in central India and reviews these in a global context. The implications of taphonomic logic are considered to show that the most convenient interpretation of the available evidence is not necessarily the most parsimonious. ER -