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Maharashtra: Ancient stone age tools found in India cave
BBC ^ | September 2022 | Mayuresh Konnur

Posted on 09/21/2022 6:35:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Over the years rock carvings of a previously unknown civilisation have been found in India's western state of Maharashtra. Now, a cave in the same region is promising to shed more light on the creators of these prehistoric artworks and their lives...

The cave, located around 10km (six miles) away from Koloshi village in the Konkan region of western Maharashtra, was discovered by a group of researchers last year. Excavations earlier this year revealed several stone tools in the cave that date back tens of thousands of years...

The cave, which is situated in a secluded forest in Sindhudurg, was discovered by researchers who were studying rock carvings in nearby areas. Excavation work was conducted in two rounds, during which archaeologists dug two trenches inside the cave. Several big and small stone tools dating back to the Mesolithic period - also called the middle stone age - have been found...

Dr Parth Chauhan, an archaeologist, says chemical processes are used to analyse any residue that might be present on the edges of the artefacts. This can help determine what the object was used for...

Maharashtra's laterite-rich Konkan plateau where this cave was discovered is also a treasure trove of prehistoric art. In the past explorers have discovered rock carvings of animals, birds, human figures and geometrical designs hidden under layers of soil in several villages here.

So far, 1700 petroglyphs - or rock carvings - have been found at 132 locations in 76 villages in Sindhudurg and nearby Ratnagiri district...

He says that seals of the Harappan civilisation - one of the oldest civilisations in human history that flourished in the Indian subcontinent - also depict the close relationship man shared with animals...

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: caveart; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; harappans; india; koloshi; konkanplateau; konkanregion; maharashtra; mesolithic; petroglyphs; ratnagiridistrict; sindhudurg
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Several petroglyphs - rock carvings - have been found in Maharashtra's Konkan region
© Parth Chauhan / BBC
© Parth Chauhan / BBC

1 posted on 09/21/2022 6:35:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 09/21/2022 6:37:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Early Home Depot? Lowes?


3 posted on 09/21/2022 6:38:28 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: SkyDancer

No...it’s the DOMINION R&D center and warehouse 😃


4 posted on 09/21/2022 6:39:52 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: SunkenCiv

Very cool!


5 posted on 09/21/2022 6:40:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Pretty cool petroglyph. I guess back,then there wasn’t much to do,in the cave when it was storming out, so when they got bored of pantomimming and charades, they drew on the cave walls, which is good for us as we see how they once ,ived and thought.


6 posted on 09/21/2022 6:42:40 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: SunkenCiv

Note: they didn’t find modern stone age tools, they found ancient stone age tools. From, like, way back in the stone age.


7 posted on 09/21/2022 6:43:30 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan

:^) There are modern stone age tools, it’s part of learning about knapping.


8 posted on 09/21/2022 6:45:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Bob434

It kept the kids out of everyone’s hair. They didn’t have an old cell phone for them to play games with. :^)


9 posted on 09/21/2022 6:46:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

I agree, and the suggestion of a connection with / ancestry to the Harappan civ is interesting.


10 posted on 09/21/2022 6:47:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SkyDancer

Cordless?


11 posted on 09/21/2022 6:48:08 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: SunkenCiv

Paleolithic Porn.........................


12 posted on 09/21/2022 6:59:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: showme_the_Glory

No doubt.


13 posted on 09/21/2022 7:04:33 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Lol true. Board games weren’t Invented yet either.


14 posted on 09/21/2022 7:10:58 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: SkyDancer
Early Home Depot? Lowes?

Any tool that lasts that long sure isn't from Harbor Freight.

15 posted on 09/21/2022 7:17:51 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: SunkenCiv
also depict the close relationship man shared with animals...

Say what?

16 posted on 09/21/2022 7:19:38 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SkyDancer

The first Ace Hardware! 🤓


17 posted on 09/21/2022 7:51:28 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Northern Tool... Does the tool say ‘Made in China’ on them?


18 posted on 09/21/2022 7:53:48 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: Red Badger

The whole period should just be renamed “the Pornolithic”. ;^)


19 posted on 09/21/2022 8:00:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
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20 posted on 09/21/2022 8:49:52 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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