Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c4.s24.7

c4.s24.7

New connotations of the Three Age system were advocated by culture historians and anthropologists. When new types of tools etc. were found in different associations, the differences were sought to be explained by the arrival of new people or ideas. And at times these supposed new arrivals were named after the site, or from tradition or given well-known racial names. This identification of a prehistoric industry or culture with this or that race or people is extremely hazardous. At best, the name of the type-site might be given—such as "Harappan" after Harappa. The diffusionist theory did one good. It gave a blow to the epochal theory of DE MORTILLET of parallel and uniform development all over the world.