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Tradition Summary: South Asian Upper Paleolithic

Human Relations Area FilesNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2017 • Pages:

By: Jayaswal, Vidula.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the South Asian Upper Paleolithic tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the South Asian Upper Paleolithic archaeological tradition.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
South Asian Upper Paleolithic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2018
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
South Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 2017
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
40,000-7000 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
India
NotesAdditional notes
Vidula Jayaswal
This tradition summary is based on the article "South Asian Upper Paleolithic," by Vidula Jayaswal, in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 8, South and Southwest Asia, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds., New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2002. Sarah Berry expanded a number of sections (Important Sites; Housing; Population, Health, and Disease; Industrial Arts; Conflict; Religious Beliefs; Death and Afterlife), made minor revisions to other sections, and added to the Bibliography accordingly in July, 2017. We thank Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleolithic period--India.