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(The Lower Palaeolithic or Formative Era of Hunting-Gathering)
Foreword V. Nagaraj . . . . .ix
Preface A. Sundara . . . . . . .xi
A Note by the Authors . . . .xix
List of Illustrations . . . . . . xxi - I. Introduction . . . . . 1
Birth of Prehistory – Man’s Place in Biological Evolution – Earliest Cultural Traces - II. South Asia . . . . . 11
Geographical Background- Beginnings of Prehistoric Research and Changing Perspectives – Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Background – Nature of Palaeolithic Archaeological Record – Partitioning the Prehistoric Past – Chronology - III.Principal Aspects of the Lower Palaeolithic . . . . . 61
The Soanian Tradition – The Acheulian Tradition: Major Excavated Sites; Evolutionary Stages within the Acheulian; Diversity in Unity; Intra- regional Organizational Variability; Aspects of Non-Utilitarian Behaviour - IV. Conclusions . . . . . 132
- V. Glossary . . . . . . 139
- VI. Index . . . . . .143
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