Insights into a Large Flake Acheulian Site Samardhara: Bargarh, Odisha
Author : Neena Thakur
Abstract :
Acheulian Industries have been identified in all parts of the world. In the wake of recent discoveries made by many foreign and Indian scholars, India is being held as one of the core regions for having evidence of Prehistoric cultures (Petraglia 2009). Acheulian industries in Western Orissa are mostly explored yet they can establish the gradual developing technical stages within the assemblages. About 25 sites in Districts Bargarh and Sambalpur of Odisha have yielded 4226 artefact belonging to the Late Acheulian and Early Middle Palaeolithic (Behera et al. 2015; Thakur 2015, Behera et al.1996). Even though the artefacts are found on the erosional surfaces and rain gullies all mixed up, appear to be of two different contexts. This assumption is based on their distinct nature regarding change in raw material choice, preservation and techno-typology. Among all sites, Samardha deserves to be highlighted due to its large flake mostly made on medium-grained quartzite knapped from giant cores. This paper deals with the significant features of Samardhara assemblage.
Keywords :
Large flake Acheulian, Kombewa, giant core, Entame flake.
