Palaeolithic investigations at Morpani, Central Narmada Basin, India

IF 0.9 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI:10.1016/j.ara.2024.100559

Akash Srinivas

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Morpani is a recently discovered Palaeolithic complex in the central Narmada Basin (Madhya Pradesh, India), discovered during the course of field investigations carried out by the Narmada Basin Palaeoanthropology Project. This site is situated in a region of the Gondwana Supergroup formations, south of the Narmada River. Regions to the north of the river, dominated by rock outcrops of the Vindhyan Supergroup formation present a multitude of Palaeolithic sites, in stark contrast to the southern region, dominated by the Gondwana Supergroup and Deccan Trap formations. This site is one of the few Palaeolithic sites in this southern region, and this paper reports on the recent Palaeolithic investigations undertaken at the site and the results of the lithic analyses of the recovered lithic assemblage. These investigations were carried out to qualify the nature of the Palaeolithic occupation in this region, as well as probe into the possible factors for the underrepresentation of the archaeological record here, especially when juxtaposed to the rich archaeological context noted to the north of the river. Lithic analyses indicates that Morpani represents an expedient lithic assemblage, located along the banks and bed of an ephemeral stream channel, and in regions where suitable raw material clasts are available. More work and collections are needed to securely characterise and attribute the technological features of this Palaeolithic site.

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Archaeological Research in Asia ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Archaeological Research in Asia presents high quality scholarly research conducted in between the Bosporus and the Pacific on a broad range of archaeological subjects of importance to audiences across Asia and around the world. The journal covers the traditional components of archaeology: placing events and patterns in time and space; analysis of past lifeways; and explanations for cultural processes and change. To this end, the publication will highlight theoretical and methodological advances in studying the past, present new data, and detail patterns that reshape our understanding of it. Archaeological Research in Asia publishes work on the full temporal range of archaeological inquiry from the earliest human presence in Asia with a special emphasis on time periods under-represented in other venues. Journal contributions are of three kinds: articles, case reports and short communications. Full length articles should present synthetic treatments, novel analyses, or theoretical approaches to unresolved issues. Case reports present basic data on subjects that are of broad interest because they represent key sites, sequences, and subjects that figure prominently, or should figure prominently, in how scholars both inside and outside Asia understand the archaeology of cultural and biological change through time. Short communications present new findings (e.g., radiocarbon dates) that are important to the extent that they reaffirm or change the way scholars in Asia and around the world think about Asian cultural or biological history.