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An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.257

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.257

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Oldowan in e. Africa. But Superkar's excavation at the same locality brought out different evidence in that he found no such separate pebble-tool horizon; on the contrary he got tools even of the Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] thereby indicating the complex character of the origin and age of this boulder conglomerate. The fauna associated with this industry consists of *Elephas*, *Hexaprotodon namadicus*, *Bos*, etc., and is assigned to the Middle Pleistocene (see table above).