"Square tools" from the Siwaliks of North-Western India : flat choppers, axes, adzes ?

Mukesh Singh (1) , Claire Gaillard (2)

1 Society for Archaeological and Anthropological Research [Chandigarh]
2 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique

Number of Early Soanian sites in the Siwalik Frontal Range yield particular tools types provisionally named "square tools". These tools compare well with some of the Hoabinhian specimens, characterising the Late Pleistocene of South-East Asia. They support the suspicion that the Early Soanian has nothin to do with the Lower Palaeolithic of North-western India.

Mots clés: Siwaliks; North-western India; Early Soanian; Hoabinihian; Late Pleistocene

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Mukesh Singh, Claire Gaillard. "Square tools" from the Siwaliks of North-Western India : flat choppers, axes, adzes ?. "Prehistoric Investigations in the Siwalik Frontal Ranges of Punjab (Part II). Between Jaijon-Doaba and Roopnagar", Govt of Punjab, department of Cultural Affairs, Archaeology and Museums, pp.200, 2008. ⟨halshs-00354733⟩