Attirampakkam

Attirampakkam or Athirampakkam (Tamil: அத்திரம்பாக்கம்) is a village located 60 kilometers away from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The oldest known stone tools in India were discovered near the village,[1][2] which became the type site for the Madrasian culture.[3] [4]

Attirampakkam's location in India

Discovery and dating of artifacts

A large number of stone tools were recovered from Attirampakkam over 20 years by archaeologists from the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education in India and other Indian institutions.[5] Due to the paucity of any hominine fossils or bones recovered yet from the site or from South Asia as a whole, it is currently not possible to conclude which hominin species had created these tools.[5]

By performing a luminescence dating method called post-Infrared-Stimulated Luminescence (pIR-IRSL) on about 7,200 artifacts found at Attirampakkam, researchers have made a chronology of Attirampakkam stone tool technology with a span of about 200,000 years.[6] Latest studies indicate that the Levallois technology used at Attirampakkam emerged at about 385,000 (± 64,000) years ago, at a time period when processes signifying the end of the Acheulian culture occurred and a Middle Palaeolithic culture had emerged.[1][6]

See also

References
  1. Akhilesh, Kumar; Pappu, Shanti; Rajapara, Haresh M.; Gunnell, Yanni; Shukla, Anil D.; Singhvi, Ashok K. (2018-01-31). "Early Middle Palaeolithic culture in India around 385–172 ka reframes Out of Africa models". Nature. 554 (7690): 97–101. doi:10.1038/nature25444. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 29388951. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. "Tools found in India suggest humans left Africa earlier than we thought". Quartz. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/pappu297/
  4. Ancient Stone Tools Found in Tamil Nadu Push Back ‘Out of Africa’ Exodus Date
  5. Becker, Rachel (2018-01-31). "Discovery of ancient stone tools rewrites the history of technology in India". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  6. Tarlach, Gemma (2018-01-31). "Stone Tools From India: Another Blow To Human Evolution Model?". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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