Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c14.144
Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c14.144
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| | | GUJARAT | W. RAJPUTANA AND SIND | E. RAJPUTANA AND W. MADHYA PRADESH | MADHYA PRADESH | MAHARASHTRA | KARNATAK | MADRAS | ORISSA | S. E. COAST | WEST BENGAL | MIRZAPUR | | | | SABARMATI | LUNI | BANAS CHAMBAL | NARMADA (HOSHANGABAD, MAHESWAR) | DAMNAK (BORIVLI) | GODAVARI AND PRAVARA | MALAPRABHA AND GHATAPRABHA | KOTTALAYAR AND TERN | BRAHMANI AND BURHABALANG | RALLA VAGU AND OTHERS | DAMODAR-KASAI | SONRAULI | | | | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | Formations | Cultures | | HOLOCENE | Sub-Recent | Dry | Surface | Microliths and Agriculture (Neolithic) | Pottery | Surface | Chalcolithic | Surface | Chalcolithic | Regur clay, New Alluvium, Fine gravel or sand | Chalcolithic | Surface | Microliths, Mesolithic | Surface | Chalcolithic | Surface, Modern Clay Fine sand with a few small gravels | Chalcolithic | Surface, Sand-Dunes | Chalcolithic and Neolithic | Flood deposit-fine surface, Pottery and gravel and the basin of rivers | Groundstone Industry | Surface, Silt | Series IV (Pre-pottery) Non-geometric microliths | Surface | Chalcolithic and Early Iron Age | Surface | Microliths and Ground Stone |
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| | Early Holocene | Dry | Soil develops on the Dunes(X), Dunes(VI), Flat land surface (Slightly dumpy (V), Aeolian Deposits of Sand (I) | Pre-pottery Microliths (Mesolithic) | Silt | Pre-pottery Microliths (Mesolithic) | Silt | Pre-pottery Microliths (Mesolithic) | Silt Upper Clay | Pre-pottery Microlith (Mesolithic) Survival of Middle Palaeolithic tool type | Yellowish loose Silt, Clay, Reddish-Brown Silt | Gravel | Microliths, Mesolithic | Fine sandy Gravel and Yellow Silt | Microliths, Upper Palaeolithic (?) | Fine Sandy Gravel, Dark Brown Clay | Microliths, Upper Palaeolithic (?) or Series III Survival of Middle Palaeolithic (Nevasian) | Sand-Dunes | Microliths (Mesolithic) | Silt with Kankar | Microliths | Pebble-bed of small pieces of quartzite and sandstone silt Phase VI and VII | Developed Middle Palaeolithic, Series III and IV | Reddish sandy silt with lateritic pebbles | Non-geometric microliths | Silt | Microliths (Mesolithic) |
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| LATE PLEISTOCENE | Wet | Bed Soil (T) | Developed Lower Palaeolithic (Acheullian)? | Unknown | Gravel | Flake Industry and a few hand-axes and cleavers (Middle Palaeolithic or Nevasian) | Gravel (Fine) | Middle Palaeolithic or Nevasian | Gravel (Upper gravel) | Middle Palaeolithic or Late Soan and Rolled Lower Palaeolithic Abbevillo-Acheullian | Gravel (Fine) | Middle Palaeolithic | Gravel (Fine) | Middle Palaeolithic or Nevasian | Gravel (Fine) | Middle Palaeolithic or Nevasian | Unknown | Unknown | Old Silt Gravel bed and An-gular debris of laterite | Middle Palaeolithic or Nevasian | Pebble-bed of small pieces of quartzite and sandstone Phase V | Middle Palaeolithic Series II | Middle Palaeolithic | Middle Palaeolithic | Gravel (Fine) | Unknown | | | Dry | Silt (S) | Developed Lower Palaeolithic (Acheullian)? | Unknown | Silt | Silt | Silt | Silt (Lower Clay) | Developed Lower Palaeolithic Abbevillo-Acheullian | Unknown | Unknown | Yellow Silt | Sandy clay with Kankar | Unknown | Unknown | Old Silt, Silt, with Kankar and Red sand | Middle Palaeolithic or Nevasian | Weathered Secondary Laterit and Silt Phase IV | Early Middle Palaeolithic Palaeolithic, Series II and I | Silt | Silt |
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| MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE | Wet | Cemented Gravel (R) | Lower Palaeolithic Acheullian | Unknown | Unknown | Gravel | Lower Palaeolithic Abbevillo-Acheullian | Gravel (Lower Gravel) | Lower Palaeolithic Abbevillo-Acheullian | Cemented gravel | Lower Palaeolithic, (Abbevillo-Acheullian (?)) | Gravel | Lower Palaeolithic or (Abbevillo-Acheullian) | Gravel | Lower Palaeolithic or (Abbevillo-Acheullian) | Secondary Laterite Boulder Conglomerate | Lower Palaeolithic (Abbevillo-Acheullian) | Red Gravel and Silt | Lower Palaeolithic | Derived Quartzite Pebbles and Secondary laterite Phase III | Lower Palaeolithic or Series I | Gravel stained red by hematite | Lower Palaeolithic (Abbevillo-Acheullian) | Gravel | Lower Palaeolithic (Abbevillo-Acheullian) | | | Dry | Mottled Clay (Q) | Mottled Clay | | | | | | | Bluish-Brown clay | | | Mottled Clay | | | Red Sand and Clay | | | Phase II | Lower Palaeolithic or Series I | | | Mottled Clay | | EARLY PLEISTOCENE | Wet | Alluvia Weathering, Laterite Crust (P) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Primary Laterite (Phase I) | Primary Laterite (T) | | Primary Laterite (T) |