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# An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.257

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.257

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### [v2.c40.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.257)

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).

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