Atbarapur (Hoshiarpur district, Punjab), the Acheulian of the Siwalik Range within the South Asian context;Atbarapur (district de Hoshiarpur, Panjab), l'Acheuléen de la Chaîne des Siwaliks dans le contexte sud-asiatique

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Gaillard, Claire ^a   Singh, Mukesh ^b   Rishi, Kulbhushan Kumar ^c   Bhardwaj, Vipnesh ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research   (India)

^c Government of Punjab   (India)

Author keywords

Acheulian; Asia; Cleaver; Handaxe; India; Large flake; Lower Palaeolithic; Siwaliks

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BOULDER; CULTURAL HISTORY; REWORKING; TOOL USE;

ATBARAPUR; HARYANA; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; PINJORE; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SIWALIK HILLS;

GALIUM APARINE;

EID: 77957315190     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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