| Abstract: |
In South India we come across anthropomorphic statues associated with megalithic burials. These statues represent the human form in a very simple and symbolic manner, without revealing most of the sensory organs and lower limbs. By analogy with the practices of the tribes who include megaliths in their religious beliefs to this day, these anthropomorphic statues would have represented mainly the ancestors and, in a few cases, the god of the tribal peoples. The similarities between figures coming from different regions suggest ancient patterns of long-distance contacts between the various megalithic communities.
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