Paleolithic Period
The term “Palaeolithic” refers to the Old Stone Age of the Prehistoric Period because it derives from the Greek words palaeos, which means old, and lithos, which means stone. This time period belongs to the Pleistocene geological era. The use of stone tools appeared first in the Palaeolithic period. In India, no human fossils have been found in association with Stone Age tools. However, geological dating provides some insight into the antiquity of tools. When assessing the evidence for early human settlement in India, it is observed to be later than the African region but contemporaneous with other Asian countries.
1. Paleolithic Period in India
Early or Lower Paleolithic
Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh
Middle Paleolithic
Jawara Dance has deep roots in the agrarian culture of Bundelkhand. It has been performed for centuries by farming communities to express gratitude to the gods for a bountiful harvest. The dance is symbolic of the prosperity and happiness brought by successful agricultural seasons.
Late or Upper Palaeolithic
The dance celebrates the wealth and happiness after the harvesting of the Jowar crop. It symbolizes joy, prosperity, and gratitude towards nature
Early or Lower Paleolithic
Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh
Middle Paleolithic
Jawara Dance has deep roots in the agrarian culture of Bundelkhand. It has been performed for centuries by farming communities to express gratitude to the gods for a bountiful harvest. The dance is symbolic of the prosperity and happiness brought by successful agricultural seasons.
Late or Upper Palaeolithic
The dance celebrates the wealth and happiness after the harvesting of the Jowar crop. It symbolizes joy, prosperity, and gratitude towards nature
While the General Economic Subsistence pattern was Hunter and Gatherer (These people hunted animals and gathered plants and fruits, that is why we call them hunter and gatherers) throughout the three phases of the Paleolithic age but he Hunting tools differed with from Lower to Upper Paleolithic. Due to the need to follow food sources, Paleolithic societies were nomadic, moving from place to place depending on seasonal availability of food.
Preoccupied Caves Shelters – They are big sandstone rock Shelters . Even temporary pits were used. People also took shelter in trees for protection from animals that couldn’t climb them.
People Lived in Communities and In order to ensure enough food production for their communities, they worked to manipulate those systems in certain ways, such as rotational hunting and gathering. Generally men Hunted for Food while women gathered their own food . Everyone was Equal
Based on the grave goods found beside the deceased, upper paleolithic burials are undoubtedly evidence of spirituality and religiousness
Early or Lower Paleolithic
Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh
Middle Paleolithic
Jawara Dance has deep roots in the agrarian culture of Bundelkhand. It has been performed for centuries by farming communities to express gratitude to the gods for a bountiful harvest. The dance is symbolic of the prosperity and happiness brought by successful agricultural seasons.
Late or Upper Palaeolithic
The dance celebrates the wealth and happiness after the harvesting of the Jowar crop. It symbolizes joy, prosperity, and gratitude towards nature