Acheulian Culture in Peninsular India

by Raghunath S. Pappu

The Indian sub-continent, particularly the Peninsular India, is recognised as one of the richest areas of Acheulian occupation in the Old World. This research work is a detailed study of the Acheulian Culture system in India--signifying the earliest cultural occupation here.The book examines the cultural material of the Acheulian phase in its ecological setting to throw light on the distrubution pattern, nature of habitats, Quaternary deposits, mammalian and hominid remains, land use and subsistence, site formation process, genesis and chronology of the Acheulian cultural system. The author presents a comprehensive understanding of the Acheulian system and, in general, behavioural patterns of early hunting and food gathering communities. He also provides an account of the progress of Palaeolithic research in India since the first discovery of Palaeolithic settlement by Foote in 1863, tracing the major projects and contributions of noted Indian geo-archaeologists. DR. RAGHUNATH S. PAPPU is a scholar of international repute in geo-archaeology. Among his publications, which include research papers in various national and international journals, are monography on Pleistocene Studies in the Upper Krishna Basin and Man-Land Relationships during Palaeolithic Times in the Kaladgi basin, Karnataka.