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Not a single collection of the Indian sub-continent has been identified as Abbevillian. But some times the glimpses of this technique can be found in a number of techno-typologically advance industries..Occurence of crude handaxes, for instance, showing stone hammered scars in Acheulian collection evidence practice of the technique under consideration. There is a possibility that such specimens were the ones in which later stage of fine finishing could not be complied. However, there are a few sites such as Mahadeo-piparia (Supekar, 1968), Bariarpur (Joshi, 1961) etc., where along with Pebble tools, handaxes made by stone hammers are reported (Jayaswal, 1982, pp. 71-74). Fine Acheulian working in these are restricted.