MANDAR PATKI

AIR 22 CSE 2019

ARCHEOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
NOTES
By MANDAR JAYANT PATKI (AIR 22 CSE 2019)
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Following notes are accumulation from various resources mentioned below:

 Indian Prehistory by D. K. Bhattacharya
 Sachin Gupta (AIR 3 2017) sir’s Notes and Answer copies
 IGNOU M.A. Material on Archeology

HOW TO UTILIZE THIS NOTES?

1. Following notes are VERY VERY descriptive. It is neither necessary, nor desirable from
an aspirant to memorize all the details.
2. Aspirants can take a note of Important broad details (e.g- Feature of particular age,
Regional variations of age, Socio-cultural features of age, Tool diagram and tool
technology). No need of memorizing details of each and every sites.
3. Diagrams play vital role in Archeology. Do use them smartly.
4. UPSC is focusing more on Indian Archeology (even in Paper I). thus, focus on Indian
archeology more.
5. Revise archeology multiple times. Because, many times, false feeling of understanding
gets developed and we find ourselves in position of not able to write a single line about
any age.
6. Prepare some important sites- langhnaj, Teri, etc. UPSC ask short note on such sites.
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INDEX
CONTENT PAGE NO
Terminology in Archeology 1
- Chrono-cultural ages 3

History of Development of Archeology in India 6

Lower Paleolithic/ Early stone age 12

Middle Paleolithic 26

Upper Paleolithic 32

Mesolithic Culture 38

Neolithic Culture 54

Chalcolithic Culture 74
- Copper Hoard culture 77
- Extra- Harappan Chalcolithic 81

Iron Age 93

Megalithic culture in India 103

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