[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c30.364 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.364 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.364 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.364) \*\*Chirki Nala\*\*, Dt Ahmadnagar. Excavation at Chirki Nala on the right bank of the PRAVARA indicated that the Early Stone Age (Lower Palaeolithic \[4.2\], Acheulian) horizon was represented by a deposit of rubble-gravel which was found to rest on the uneven surface of the amygdular basalt. Overlying the gravel was a fine sandy gravel containing Middle Stone Age (Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\]) tools. The tool assemblage consists mainly of various forms of handaxes, cleavers, choppers, scrapers, etc. These tools on the whole display an advanced Acheulian character. The collection also includes tools which on typo-technological grounds show some characteristics of the Middle Stone Age industry. It appears therefore that the Early Stone Age industry in the region represents a late stage of the Acheulian phase. This site is somewhat different from the Stone Age sites commonly found in India. Generally the sites located in the riverine environment are of a secondary nature and the tools embedded in pebbly gravel deposits are disturbed, transported and redeposited. At the present site the morphological character of the tools as well as the associated rubble suggest that they have undergone very little transportation from their original place of deposition. Thus the site possibly represents a temporary camping site of the Lower Palaeolithic man. The presence of a few fossil bones from the site are also indicative of human activity in the region. \*IAR 1967-8; 1968-9; 1969-70.\* Corvinus, G., 1968, in \*Current Anthropology\*, pp. 216-8; 1968, in \*Man\*, 63-4, pp. 921-40; in \*Indian Antiquary\*, 1970, N.S., 4, pp. 13-22. Joshi. R.V., & Marathe, A.R., 1975-6, in \*Puratattva\*, 8, pp. 3-12 (for metrical analysis of handaxes). - [Previous: v2.c30.363](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.363) - [Next: v2.c30.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.365) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30) ## Cites (1) - [Chirki Nala](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirki-nala) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.364) · Pramāṇa