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  • Jan 08, 2024
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PALAEOLITHIC TOOL DISCOVERY IN TELANGANA

Why in the News?

  • Recent floods in Telangana’s Mulugu district revealed Palaeolithic quartzite tools.
  • Streambed drying after the flood exposed hand axes in Gurrevula and Bhupatipuram villages.
Source: Blink Learning

Insights into Palaeolithic Habitations:

  • Discovery challenges previous understanding of human settlements in Telangana and central India.
  • Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers used similar tools worldwide for woodcutting and hunting.

About Palaeolithic Age:

1. Lower Palaeolithic Age

  • Timeline Divisions: Phases are 600,000-150,000 BC, 150,000-35,000 BC, and 35,000-10,000 BC.
  • Tool Traditions: Soanian and Acheulian traditions with tools like hand axes and cleavers.
  • Locations: Sites in Punjab, Kashmir, Thar desert, UP, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Bhimbetka.

2. Middle Palaeolithic Age

  • Flake Tool Industry: Based on flakes with regional variations.
  • Distribution: Found along Narmada river and the Belan valley.

3. Upper Palaeolithic Age

  • Tech Advances: Introduces parallel-sided blades, burins, and scrapers.
  • Locations: Blades and burins found in AP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, MP, UP, Jharkhand, and Gujarat.
  • Human Shelters: Caves at Bhimbetka used in Upper Palaeolithic phase.