In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Nevasian 2. Middle Palaeolithic 3. Upper Palaeolithic 4. Muchchatla Chintamanu Gavi 5. Belan Valley and Baghor II. 1. Nevasian: For long time this specific stone age was not separately identified in India. The primary reason for this was our not having a specific stratigraphic context for it. Flakes of 5 cm-8 cm [...]
Mesolithic period in human cultural history is defined as the earliest Holocene culture that occurs before agriculture was started. Microlithic blades detached by pressure flaking from cylindrical cores are used to make tool types. We have some evidences, albeit from outside India, that these blades were mounted in combination on suitable handles to form various kinds of tools which could [...]
As the youngest period of Stone Age history of man Neolithic has always been understood as a well-defined stage. It is not surprising, therefore, that antiquities were sought merely to fill the grand definitional frame till as late as 1959 in India. Predefined types usually referred to as celts whenever found, no matter even if from surface, were taken to [...]