Question

Which one of the following is a ‘Palaeolithic site’?
1. Inamgaon
2. Hallur
3. Bhimbetka
4. Burzahom

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Bhimbetka

Inamgaon​:

• Inamgaon is situated near the Ghod river, a tributary of the river Bhima in Maharashtra.
• Inamgaon is the post-Harappan archaeological site in Maharashtra.
• Usually, adults were buried at this site. The dead body was laid straight; with the head facing towards north.
• Remains of wheat, barley, lentils, millets and sesame have been found from the Inamgaon site.
• The Subarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. 
• Mahi river rises in Madhya Pradesh and flows into the Arabian Sea after flowing through the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
• It is the river that crosses the tropic of cancer twice.
• The Penna river rises in the Nandi Hills in Karnataka and runs through the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

Hallur

• It is situated in Andhra Pradesh and is a Neolithic site. 

• The last phase of the Stone Age is called the Neolithic Age. This phase began about 10,000 years ago. This phase marks a significant change in the life of humans because this is the period when man began farming.

• The tools of the Neolithic Age were much smaller and more refined. Stone was given better shape and some tools were fitted with handles, e.g. spears, axe, sickles, arrows, etc.

Bhimbetka

• The caves of Bhimbetka were discovered in 1957–58 by eminent archaeologist V.S.Wakankar.
• The drawings and paintings can be categorized into seven historical periods. Period I, Upper Palaeolithic; Period II, Mesolithic; and Period III, Chalcolithic. After Period III, there are four successive periods.

Burzahom ​

• The Burzahom is a Neolithic site archaeological site is located in Jammu and Kashmir.

• Archaeological excavations revealed four historically important phases between 3000 BC and 1000 BC.
• The site of Burzahom demonstrated the transition from the subterranean and ground-level housing features of the Neolithic to the mudbrick structures of the Megalithic People.
• The first excavation was an exercise in 1936 at the Burzahom site.
• This site was designated for listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 15 April 2014.