An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s3.4

v1.c9.s3.4

The absence of pollen data makes it impossible to reconstruct the vegetation. Very recently dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous leaf-impressions have been reported from the site of Wajjal, Dt Gulbarga, but these are too fragmentary to be of any help in the identification of species. We can therefore only refer to the general view that, as at present, most parts of the country might have been covered with thorn-and-scrub types of vegetation interspersed with thickets, such open vegetation being very suitable for hunting purposes. But the occurrence of sites in forested regions like the Dangs of Gujarat and the Garo Hills of Meghalaya suggests that the Middle Palaeolithic groups occupied even forested tracts.