Archaeology & Prehistory
Isampur Acheulean quarry-workshop
c. 1.2 million years agoLower Palaeolithic homininsIsampur, Hunsgi valley (Karnataka)Karnataka
1.2 million years ago
A rare excavated stone-tool workshop where hand-axes, cores and flaking debris lie where they were made.
- Dated
- 1.2 million years ago
- As scholars put it
- c. 1.2 million years ago
- Originator
- Lower Palaeolithic hominins
- Source text
- Isampur, Hunsgi valley (Karnataka)
- Region
- Karnataka
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Comparable to Acheulean workshops in Africa and Eurasia.
Fair to say
The ~1.2 Ma date (ESR on teeth) has wide error margins.
Path to modern innovation
Shows how early hominins organised tool production.
Transmission
Independent regional Acheulean tradition.
References
- 1Paddayya et al., Current Science (2002)
Further reading
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