Back سوانية (ثقافة) Arabic Soanià Catalan Kultura Sóán Czech Cultura soaniana Spanish Soani kultuur Estonian Соан мәдениеті Kazakh Soanien Dutch سواں رہتل PNB Соанская культура Russian Soanian SIMPLE

Soanian

Soanian
Geographical rangePakistan[1]
PeriodQuaternary
Datesc.774,000–114,000BCE [2][3]
Type siteSiwalik region[1]
Major sitesSiwalik Hills[1]
The Paleolithic
↑ Pliocene (before Homo)
Lower Paleolithic
 (c. 3.3 Ma – 300 ka)
Middle Paleolithic
 (c. 300–50 ka)
Upper Paleolithic
 (c. 50–12 ka)

Fertile Crescent:

Europe:

Africa:

Siberia:

↓ Mesolithic

The Soanian culture is a prehistoric technological culture from the Siwalik Hills, Pakistan.[1][4] It is named after the Soan Valley in Pakistan.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Gwen Robbins Schug; Subhash R. Walimbe (13 April 2016). A Companion to South Asia in the Past. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-119-05547-1. Quote: “Soanian and Soanian‐like assemblages are known throughout the entire Siwalik or Sub‐ Himalayan region, from Pakistan to northeast India including Nepal...”
  2. ^ Petraglia & Allchin 2007, pp. 5–6.
  3. ^ Murray, Tim (1999). Time and Archaeology. London: Routledge. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-415-11762-3.
  4. ^ Lycett, Stephen J. (2007). "Is the Soanian techno-complex a Mode 1 or Mode 3 phenomenon? A morphometric assessment" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science. 34 (9): 1434–1440. Bibcode:2007JArSc..34.1434L. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  5. ^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (February 2, 2017). "Pakistan: The lesser-known histories of an ancient land". DAWN.COM.

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