Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Stone Age Artefacts from the Recent Prehistoric Explorations in the Manjira River Basin of the Telangana State:A Preliminary Study


Affiliations
1 Dept. of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


The recent prehistoric explorations which were carried out in the Manjira river basin of the Telangana resulted in a discovery of stone age tools in the study region. An extensive archaeological survey has been carried out in the districts of Sangareddy, Medak and Nizamabad. This assemblage will help in the understanding of the Prehistoric cultures of the study region and also in the reconstruction of the past life and Prehistoric climate.

Keywords

Manjira River, Telangana, Late Palaeolithic Assemblage, Flake Tools, Microliths.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Foote Robert B. The Foote Collection of Indian Prehistoric and Protohistoric Antiquities.

  • Government Museum. Madras. 1914.

  • Mishra, S. 2008. The Lower Palaeolithic: A Review of Recent Findings. Man and

  • Environment XXXIII(I): 14-29.

  • Murty MLK. Pre- and Protohistoric Andhra Pradesh Up To 500 BC. Orient

  • Longman. Chennai. 2003.

  • Shanti Pappu et al. Excavations at the Palaeolithic site of Attirampakkam, South India:

  • Preliminary Findings. Current Anthropology 44 (2003): 591-598.

  • Shanti Pappu et al. Early Pleistocene Presence of Acheulian Hominins in South

  • India. Science 331 (2011): 1596-1598.

  • Sastry DLN. Prehistoric Cultures of Manjira Basin. (MPhil diss., Nagarjuna University)

  • 1985.

  • Zeuner FE. Prehistory in India. Deccan College. Pune. 1951.


Abstract Views: 189

PDF Views: 0




  • Stone Age Artefacts from the Recent Prehistoric Explorations in the Manjira River Basin of the Telangana State:A Preliminary Study

Abstract Views: 189  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

Ganesh Moolinti
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Abstract


The recent prehistoric explorations which were carried out in the Manjira river basin of the Telangana resulted in a discovery of stone age tools in the study region. An extensive archaeological survey has been carried out in the districts of Sangareddy, Medak and Nizamabad. This assemblage will help in the understanding of the Prehistoric cultures of the study region and also in the reconstruction of the past life and Prehistoric climate.

Keywords


Manjira River, Telangana, Late Palaeolithic Assemblage, Flake Tools, Microliths.

References