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1 Map of the Indian subcontinent with major geographic features and dated Upper Paleolithic microlithic sites in India and Sri Lanka.
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In the Indian subcontinent, the appearance of the Upper Paleolithic, represented by microliths, is dated to 45 ka at Mehtakheri (Vindhya Basin), >34 ka at Jwalapuram (JWP9) (Cuddapah Basin), and 27 ka at Patne (Deccan Volcanic Province). A similar microlithic industry along with symbolic artifacts is also known from Sri Lanka (38 ka). As these post...
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The Kurnool Basin forming part of the larger Proterozoic Cuddapah Basin in the southeastern part of Indian Peninsula preserves Middle Pleistocene to Late Holocene archaeological evidence in distinctive and datable geomorphic environments: (1) limestone caves, (2) large quartzite rock shelters, and (3) open air fluvio-lacustrine sites interstratified with Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) of 74 ka. The Kurnool Basin is one among several environmental refugia in the Indian subcontinent preserving evidence of a continuous hominin occupation during the Mid- to Late Quaternary period. Interdisciplinary investigations into these distinctive geomorphic environments have been productive in the reconstruction of human adaptations to changing landscapes during the Late Quaternary. Significant findings include: (1) the discovery of YTT interstratified Middle Palaeolithic assemblages, (2) continuity and extinction of specific vertebrate fauna in the Kurnool Basin during the last 200,000 years, (3) YTT and OSL chronology of Middle and Late Palaeolithic human occupation of the Basin, (4) dating the early emergence of early microlithic technology and symbolic behavior, (5) and the discovery and systematic documentation of hundreds of painted rock shelters with evidence of human occupation from the Late Pleistocene to Late Holocene time period.
