An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c20.s1.t3.39

v1.c20.s1.t3.39

| *Locality* | *Important faunas* | *Associated cultures* | *Probable age* | *Environment* |
| Kurnool, Ghod, Manjra, Pravara, Godavari | *Canis* sp., *Bubalus* ssp., *Cervus* ssp., *Bos namadicus*, *Elephas hysudricus*, *Elephas maximus*, *Rhinoceros unicornis*, *Bos Indicus*, *Hexaprotodon* | Bone tools, burins blades, points (Upper Palaeolithic); scrapers, flakes, blades, points, borers (Late Middle Palaeolithic) | Late Upper Pleistocene (also dated by ¹⁴C to 40000-15000 ʙ ᴘ) | Savannah type with pockets of forests and swamps (humid in Kurnool) |
| C. Narmada (Upper Group: Paimer) | *Equus namadicus*, *Bos namadicus*, *Hexaprotodon palaeindicus*, *Elephas hysudricus*, *Stegodon insignis-ganesa*, *Cervus* ssp. | Scrapers, flakes, flake-blades, points, borers, handaxes, cleavers (Middle Palaeolithic); polyhedrals, discoids, choppers (late Acheulian) | Early Upper Pleistocene | Savannah grassland interspersed with swamps |
| C. Narmada (Lower Group) | *Equus namadicus*, *Bos namadicus*, *Hexaprotodon namadicus*, *Elephas hysudricus*, *Stegodon insignis-ganesa* | Choppers, handaxes, cleavers, flakes (Acheulian, Lower Palaeolithic) | Middle Pleistocene (not well-established) | Savannah grassland interspersed with swamps |
| Lower *karewa*; Pinjore of Upper Siwaliks | *Equus sivalensis*, *Rhinoceros sivalensis*, *Rhinoceros palaeindicus*, *Elephas hysudricus*, *Bos* sp., *Archidiskodon planifrons*, *Sivatherium giganteum* | No Stone Age tools | Lower Pleistocene | Valley and open savannah grassland with lakes and swamps |