Type: Archaeological Site - Settlement
Province: Sindh
District: Khairpur
Period: Pre Historic
Relative Chronology: 2 million years BP. - 18,000 BCE
Description: The site lies on a low-lying limestone hill which are a part of the Rohri Hill sequence. On the surface of these low-lying hills, several nodules of chert stone are available, providing the best raw material source. The various kinds of fossils have been observed embedded in the stone blocks. The chert flaking area was observed, but does not constitute as a workshop because of the less density of flaking debris. It is possible that only needed tools were prepared for a hunting purpose. There is an alluvial valley around, where rain water can be stored for several days after the monsoon season. The wild animals may have been hunted there. The finds from this site include some chert flakes and cores. A preliminary morphological analysis suggests that these tools were associated with the Upper Paleolithic period.
Latitude: 27.137777778
Longitude: 68.704166667
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Surface and subsurface analysis of archaeological sites around the lakes of the Dubi Mirwah Desert in Sindh, Pakistan
Published In: Occasional Paper 4 Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human Past
Year of Publication: 2008
Bibliography/Reference: Mallah, Q.H.
