An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c12.s1.4
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c12.s1.4
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Radiocarbon assay for shells from the BELAN valley, and from the Bhima and TAPTI valleys date the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic stage [4.4] to c. 20000 B.P. For the Mesolithic period [4.5], ¹⁴C dates of charred bones from the primary sites of BAGOR and ADAMGARH and the chronostratigraphic evidence of artefacts in a ferruginized dune (*teri*) [9.5] which occurs as a raised (+6 m) shore-line in Dt Tirunelveli have placed these cultures to c. 7000 to 6000 B.P.