Here is a short report on a site that certainly adds a new dimension to Indian Lower Palaeolithic archaeology.
Pappu, Shanti, Yanni Gunnell, Maurice Taieb, Jean-Philippe Brugal, and Yannick Touchard. 2003. Excavations at the Palaeolithic Site of Attirampakkam, South India: Preliminary Findings. CA 44(4): 591-598.
Introductory paragraph;
India occupies a crucial place in the study of the Lower Palaeolithic, particularly in relation to questions of hominid dispersal across Asia and regional adaptations to a diversity of natural habitats (Petraglia 1998). This potential has often been overlooked, predominantly because of a paucity of published reports and a preconceived notion of the rarity of well-preserved sites that are fossiliferous and have potential for being dated. In this context, our ongoing excavations at Attirampakkam near Chennai (South India), which are aimed at investigating early hominid behaviour in a new ecological context in India and at providing an age for the Acheulian in this region, are significant.
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