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Cenozioc is further divided into two
i)Tertiary period
ii) Quarternary period
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TERTIARY PERIOD
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1 |
Paleocene |
| 2 |
Eocene |
| 3 |
Oligocene |
| 4 |
Miocene |
| 5 |
Pliocene |
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QUARTERNARY |
1 |
Pleistocene |
| 2 |
Holocene |
Man is said to have appeared in
early in early Pleistocene
Paleolithic or old stone age culture in India
Believed to have developed in Pleistocene period of ice age.
As per the available archeological evidence, the first human
occupation in India belongs to middle Pleistocene i.e. around
500,000 BC
A major portion of earth surface was covered by ice sheets
during the period.
Paleolithic age in India is divided into three phases
Criteria of division was the nature of stone tools and nature of
climate
(i) Early or Lower Paleolithic (500,000 BC-50,000 BC)
(ii) Middle Paleolithic (50,000 BC-40,000 BC )
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Period |
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(500,000-50,000 BC) Lower Paleolithic |
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(50,000-40,000 BC)
Middle Paleolithic
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(40,000-10,000 BC)
Upper Paleolithic
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Characteristic
Tools
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Hand axe, cleavers, choppers
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Blades, points, borers, scrapers made of
flakes |
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Blades & burins
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Major Sites
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Sohan river valley Punjab(Pak)
Parts of Kashmir
Didwana in Rajasthan
Belan valley Mirzapur Dist
U.P. Narmada valley
Bhimbetkaq near Bhopal |
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Several places on river Narmada
Several places south of Thungabhadra
river
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Andhra, Karnataka, Maharastra,
Central Madhya Pradesh, S.Bihar platue
Bhimbetka Gujrath
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