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Depictions of Animals in cave paintings of Anmalai East

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Animal motifs in Cave Paintings of  Great Migration Corridor of Western Ghats- Archeo-zoological approach. The cave paintings of Great Migration Corridor give us vivid pictures about man and animal relation during period of culture existed in the region. Simultaneously we can draw a clear conclusion about the period of cave paintings in the area. It works on both way and benefited for a clear study about man and environment analysis of the culture. There are 22 cave paintings discovered so far. Innumerable number of megaliths and other archaeological monuments seen in the area near to the paintings is more important and interesting.             Presently 90% of the area is under forest cover. A close analysis of the landscape ravels that majority of the area was under shifting cultivation, except few section with permanent agriculture practiced. Only 10% of the area is of primary forest, rests of all are secondary degraded forest. We can see many dom