Recent Recovery of Unpublished Field Notes of Theodore D. McCown's Paleoanthropological Explorations in the Narmada River System, India, 1964-1965

The 1982 discovery of the "Narmada Man" middle Pleistocene fossil cranial remains by geologist Arun Sonakia in the Narmada valley of India raised a number of questions about the crania's antiquity, stratigraphie context, and nature of associated lithic cultural materials. Although arc...

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Published in:Asian perspectives (Honolulu) 2011-04, Vol.50 (1/2), p.132-143
Main Authors: KENNEDY, KENNETH A. R., LANGSTROTH, ELIZABETH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropological methods
Anthropology
Antiquity
Archaeological surveys
Asia
Civilization, Ancient
Discovery and exploration
Fluvial erosion
Fossils
Geological surveys
Geology
Gravel
Human paleontology
McCown, Theodore D
Methodology and general studies
Middle East and Indian Peninsula
Middle Pleistocene age
Palaeolithic and mesolithic
Paleoanthropology
Paleontology
Prehistory
Prehistory and protohistory
Stone tools
Valleys
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Summary:The 1982 discovery of the "Narmada Man" middle Pleistocene fossil cranial remains by geologist Arun Sonakia in the Narmada valley of India raised a number of questions about the crania's antiquity, stratigraphie context, and nature of associated lithic cultural materials. Although archaeological research had been carried out in 1964-1965 in the region by a research team led by Theodore McCown from the University of California at Berkley, Dr. McCown's untimely death left the results of the his team's investigations unpublished and difficult to access by other scholars. Recently recovered field notes from this archaeological project, reporting on the locations of investigated sites, some specifics of the tools recovered and their probable cultural chronologies, and other observations significant to understanding the Palaeolithic prehistory of the Narmada valley, are presented by the authors along with commentary about significance of these field notes for future research in the region.
ISSN:0066-8435
1535-8283
1535-8283
DOI:10.1353/asi.2011.0005