Definition: The Narmada Valley site in India is known for both a Cretaceous period fossil prehistory, as well as the discovery of an isolated cranium of an archaic Homo Sapiens, from its surroundings dated about .2 to .7 million years ago, making it the earliest known hominid find from the Indian subcontinent. However, recent investigations by Rajeev Patnaik and Parth R. Chauhan at the site suggest that the context is not as old as previously believed, making the date suspect.
Source
Bhandari, S. D.M. Maurya, L.S. Chamyal. 2005. Late Pleistocene alluvial plain sedimentation in Lower Narmada Valley, Western India: Palaeoenvironmental implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 24 (2005) 433–444
Chauhan, Parth R. 2004. A review of the Early Acheulian evidence from South Asia. assemblage 8.
Sankhyan, A. R. 1997. Fossil clavicle of a Middle Pleistocene hominid from the Central Narmada Valley, India. Journal of Human Evolution 32(1):3-16
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology.
Also Known As: Hathnora
