Soanian Paleolithic culture sites
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The Soanian Paleolithic culture sites are a series of prehistoric stone tool assemblages in the Soan Valley of present-day Pakistan, representing an important South Asian variant of early human activity during the Lower Paleolithic.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleolithic culture
ⓘ
archaeological site complex ⓘ stone tool industry ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early hominin activity
ⓘ
hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Acheulean industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| differsFrom | Acheulean by scarcity of handaxes ⓘ |
| foundInLandform |
river terraces of the Soan River
ⓘ
terrace deposits ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalRange |
Lower Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene
ⓘ
Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAttribution | non-microlithic stone tool tradition ⓘ |
| hasDatingMethod |
geomorphological dating
ⓘ
stratigraphic correlation ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryHistory | identified in early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
Pleistocene riverine environment
ⓘ
Siwalik foothill environment ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalContext |
Siwalik Group sediments
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siwalik Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLithicTechnology |
chopper-chopping tool complex
ⓘ
core-and-flake industry ⓘ |
| hasPreservation |
in situ terrace assemblages
ⓘ
surface scatters of lithics ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariantOf | South Asian Lower Paleolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearcher |
Helmut de Terra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ralph von Koenigswald NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Thomson Paterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
evidence for early human presence in the Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
important for understanding hominin adaptation to Siwalik foothills ⓘ key sequence for South Asian Lower Paleolithic ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphicAssociation |
colluvial deposits
ⓘ
fluvial gravels ⓘ |
| hasToolCharacteristic |
crude bifacial implements
ⓘ
minimal standardization of tool forms ⓘ predominance of unifacially worked cobbles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pakistan
ⓘ
Punjab region NERFINISHED ⓘ Soan Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia ⓘ |
| partOf | Lower Paleolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produces |
choppers
ⓘ
chopping tools ⓘ pebble tools ⓘ scrapers ⓘ simple flakes ⓘ |
| usesRawMaterial |
quartzite cobbles
ⓘ
river gravels ⓘ sandstone cobbles ⓘ |
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