Abstract

Author:
Giriraj Kumar, Ram Krishna, Robert G. Bednarik, Zewei Li, translated by Xingjie Luo

Doi: 10.7508/jra.01.2022.59.64

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Daraki-Chattan Cave, a Lower Palaeolithic cupule site in the Chambal basin in India, is one of the oldest known rock art sites in the world. Containing more than 500 cu-pules, it has been studied by the EIP Project since 2000 and the sediment deposits at the cave’s entrance have been excavated. This paper presents an analysis of the cupules in the cave as well as those of another, nearby site at Chanchala Mata Hill. The formation of the erosion-re-sistant surfaces in the cupules is explained and how it facilitates their enhanced preservation. However, the taphonomy of these extremely resistant tectonite layers not only protects the cupules from weathering, but it has also significant retarding effects in the production of such features. Future work needs to focus on the relationship between cupules, KEM phenomena and the quantification of weathering processes.
达拉奇-查丹(Daraki-Chattan)洞穴是位于印度尚巴尔盆地的旧石器时代早期凹穴遗址，是世界上已知最古老的岩画遗址之一。它包含超过500个凹穴，自2000年开始，早期印度岩画工程（EIP）就一直对其进行研究，并对洞穴入口处的沉积物进行了挖掘。本文介绍了对洞穴中凹穴的分析，以及对那些位于阐查拉玛塔（Chanchala Mata）山附近岩石凹穴的分析。本文解释了凹穴中抗腐蚀表面的形成以及这一机理是如何促进更好地保护凹穴。然而，这些极具抵抗力的构造岩层的埋藏作用不仅保护了凹穴免受风化，而且在这些特征的形成过程中也具有显著的阻碍作用。未来的工作需要着重于凹穴、动能变质（KEM）现象和风化过程量化之间的关系。

KEYWORDS:
Pockets, kinetic metamorphic layers, burialology, Dharachi-Chadan Caves, Central India
凹穴，动能变质层，埋藏学，达拉奇-查丹洞穴，印度中部