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Figure 1. The Indian subcontinent and its key ecological zones.
Figure 2. Stages of paleoanthropological research and data dissemination
Figure 3. Structure of inter-level scientific collaboration and cooperation.
Table 1. Important dated Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in South Asia.
| SITE |
TYPE |
AGE |
DATING METHOD |
REFERENCE |
| Kalpi |
Middle Palaeolithic |
45,000 |
TL |
Tewari et al. 2002 |
| Didwana |
Middle Palaeolithic |
126,000 |
TL |
see Misra 1995 |
| Didwana |
Middle Palaeolithic |
144,000±12,000 |
Th/U |
Raghavan et al., 1989 |
| Didwana |
Middle Palaeolithic |
150,000±10,000 |
Th/U |
Raghavan et al., 1989 |
| Adi Chadi Wao |
Acheulian |
69,000+3,800
-3,600 |
Th/U |
Baskaran et al., 1986 |
| Kaldevanhalli |
Acheulian |
174,000±35,000
166,000+15,000
-13,000 |
Th/UTh/U |
Szabo et al., 1990 |
| Umrethi |
Acheulian |
190,000+29,000
-22,000 |
Th/U |
Baskaran et al., 1986 |
| Teggihalli |
Acheulian |
287,333+27,169
-18,180
>350 kyr |
Th/UTh/U |
Szabo et al., 1990 |
| Sadab |
Acheulian |
290,405+20,999
-18,186 |
Th/U |
Szabo et al., 1990 |
| Nevasa |
Early Acheulian |
>350 kyr |
Th/U |
see Pappu, 2001 |
| Yedurwadi |
Early Acheulian |
>350 kyr |
Th/U |
see Pappu, 2001 |
| Didwana |
Early Acheulian |
>390 kyr |
Th/U |
Raghavan et al., 1989 |
| Bori |
Early Acheulian |
537,000±47,000
670,000±30,000 |
K/ArAr/Ar |
Horn et al., 1993Mishra et al., 1995 |
| Dina & Jalalpur |
Early Acheulian |
700 – 500 kyr |
Palaeo- magnetism |
Rendell and Dennell, 1985 |
| Isampur |
Early Acheulian |
>1.2 myr |
ESR |
Paddayya et al., 2002 |
| Riwat |
pre-Acheulian |
>2.0 myr |
Magneto-stratigraphy |
Rendell et al., 1987 |
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