The period of human existence prior to the invention of writing systems, starting approximately 2.5 million years ago and ending at various times across the world with the emergence of states and record-keeping.
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A department within the Survey of India that was responsible for making photographs and lithographic reproductions of major archaeological sites.…
An archaeological site in Chitradurga, Karnataka, that contains evidence of habitation from the Megalithic and Neolithic periods in India. It…
The last phase of the Indus Valley Civilisation that lasted from c. 1900 to 1300 BCE and was preceded by…
A form of prehistoric art created by engraving images onto rock surfaces. Petroglyphs are created by scraping away the outer…
The technique of imprinting human hands on rock surfaces, found in Prehistoric cave paintings. The process involves placing one hand,…
An archaeological site in present-day Afghanistan that was excavated between 1952 and 1965. The excavations uncovered an architectural complex, including…
The period between Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, characterised by the presence of material culture, including pottery and cave art,…
Alexander Cunningham (b. 1814; d. 1893) was a British army engineer and archaeologist who served as the first Archaeological Surveyor…