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An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.255

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.255

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v2.c40.255

| *Locality* | *Important fauna* | *Asosciated* | *Probable age* | *Environment* |
| Kurnool, Ghod Manjra, Pravara, Godavari | Cains sp., *Bubalus* ssp., *Cervus* ssp., *Bos namadicus, Elephas hysudricus, Elephas maximus, Rhinoceros unicornis, Bos indicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus* | Bone tools, burins, blades, points (UP); scrapers, flakes, blades, points, borers (Late MP) | Late Upper Pleistocene (also dated by ¹⁴C to 40000-15000 B.P.) | Savannah type with pockets of forests and swamps (humid in Kurnool) |
| C. Narmada (upper group) | *Eguus namadicus, Bos namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Elephas hysudricus, Stegodon insignis ganesa, Cervus* ssp. | Scrapers, flakes, flake-blades, points, borers (MP); handaxes, cleavers, polyhedrals. discoids, choppers (Late Acheulian) | Early Upper Pleistocene | Savannah grassland interspersed with swamps |
| C. Narmada (lower group) | *Equus namadicus, Bos namadicus, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Sus namadicus, Elephas hysudricus, Stegodon insignis ganesa* | Choppers, handaxes, cleavers, flakes (LP, Acheulian) | Middle Pleistocene (not well-established) | Savannah grassland interspersed with swamps |
| Lower Karewa; Pinjor of upper Siwaliks | *Equus sivalensis, Rhinoceros sivalensis, Rhinoceros palaeindicus, Elephas hysudricus, Bos* sp., *Arc hidiskodon planifrons, Sivatherium giganteum* | No Stone age tools | Lower Pleistocene | Valley and open Savannah grassland with lakes and swamps |

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