An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s4.15

v1.c9.s4.15

The Upper Palaeolithic industries, wherever found stratigraphically, succeed the Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] and precede the Mesolithic [4.5] the former falling in the range of the Upper Pleistocene and the latter of the Early Holocene. Thus, on relative chronological grounds they can be ascribed to the Late Pleistocene. The faunal remains associated with this phase in the Kurnool caves and the GHOD valley also represent Late Pleistocene forms. There are also few ¹⁴C dates to corroborate the Late Pleistocene dating. Shell samples from the BELAN have given a date of c. 19000 B.P. Two dates of shell samples for the GHOD valley indicate a range of c. 18000 to 22000 B P A date obtained from ostrich eggshell fragments from PATNE suggests an age between 20000 and 25000 years.