{"podcast":{"title":"The Archaeology Podcast Network Feed","slug":"the-archaeology-podcast-network-feed-1094208","podcast_index_feed_id":1094208,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/QNDcZ_dQ","website_url":"https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/all-shows/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c24ea252-fe3a-4c93-b8f2-906c7ed7faa6/577ade91-003f-4ab9-b17a-e2fa54351e2a/3000x3000/5e4ec29b-0825-4747-aacb-12c6a2c9da0c.jpeg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Host","episode_count":1917,"summary":"Find shows from Cultural Resource Management Archaeology to technology to anarchy to whatever. We cover it all in this feed.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archaeology-podcast-network-feed-1094208"},"episode":{"title":"The Rock Art of India with Dr. Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak - Rock Art 165","slug":"the-rock-art-of-india-with-dr-meenakshi-dubey-pathak-rock-art-165","published_at":"2026-05-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archaeology-podcast-network-feed-1094208/the-rock-art-of-india-with-dr-meenakshi-dubey-pathak-rock-art-165","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archaeology-podcast-network-feed-1094208","url":"https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/all-shows/","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/c24ea252-fe3a-4c93-b8f2-906c7ed7faa6/episodes/84f0d1a8-483f-481d-a520-ebc447b3b60e/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c24ea252-fe3a-4c93-b8f2-906c7ed7faa6&awEpisodeId=84f0d1a8-483f-481d-a520-ebc447b3b60e&feed=QNDcZ_dQ","summary":"In episode 165, Dr. Alan Garfinkel interviews Dr. Meenakshi Dubey-Paik about her decades of research on India’s rock art, including extensive work on painted rock shelters. She describes how some tribes treat certain sites as sacred for vows, offerings, and festivals, using signs/symbols, animal imagery, dance, and music-induced trance, while noting cultural change from relocation and the addition of later shrines (e.g., Shiva/Kali) that shifts attention away from older images. Meenakshi highlights key motifs (animals, honey collection, dancers, tiger beliefs), and urges education and conservation to prevent vandalism and development damage.","meta_description":"In episode 165, Dr. Alan Garfinkel interviews Dr. Meenakshi Dubey-Paik about her decades of research on India’s rock art, including extensive work on pain…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2821,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-archaeology-podcast-network-feed-1094208/episodes/the-rock-art-of-india-with-dr-meenakshi-dubey-pathak-rock-art-165/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-archaeology-podcast-network-feed-1094208/the-rock-art-of-india-with-dr-meenakshi-dubey-pathak-rock-art-165.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}