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Kana, West Bengal

Coordinates: 23°07′42″N 86°12′45.5″E / 23.12833°N 86.212639°E / 23.12833; 86.212639
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Kana
Kana, West Bengal is located in West Bengal
Kana, West Bengal
Shown within West Bengal
LocationKana, West Bengal, India
Coordinates23°07′42″N 86°12′45.5″E / 23.12833°N 86.212639°E / 23.12833; 86.212639
TypeSettlement
History
Founded42,000 BCE
CulturesUpper Paleolithic
Eventsnot known
Site notes
Excavation dates1998–99 and 2012–13
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

Kana is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site located in Purulia district of Eastern Indian state West Bengal.[1] The archeological site containing the microblade artefacts belongs to the Manbazar Formation of the Kumari Basin. It is situated about 500 meters northwest of Kana village at the foot of an inselberg.

It is known for remains of anatomically modern humans from Upper Paleolithic era, before 42,000 years ago.[1]

Archaeology

The first phase of excavations at Ajodhya Hills was conducted in 1998–99 under the Center for Archaeological Studies and Training. In these excavations, the Upper Paleolithic archaeological site of Kana and Mahadebbera were discovered. The second phase of excavations was conducted in 2012–13.[2]

Archaeologists claim that this archaeological site was inhabited by Stone age people. According to the results of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the samples obtained, Kana is the oldest archaeological settlement discovered in West Bengal. The oldest Upper Paleolithic specimen from West Bengal has been recovered from Kana, which is 42,000 years old.[3]

Excavated Kana

The archaeological site is spread over 22,500 square meters at the foothills. A ~5–6 m thick reddish-brown soil-silt layer is seen in the archeological site. Archaeological remains are found in a layer of gravelly silty sand; below this layer a greenish-grey clayey silt layer is exposed. A portion of the archaeological site was excavated to a depth of 2.47 m, and artefacts were recovered from a depth of 1.34–1.63 m. Weapons found in excavations include various stone fragments and ferruginous or iron-manganese soft pellets. The main raw materials used to make artefacts are chert and felsic tuff, a small percentage of amphibolite and a type of black igneous rock.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Sebanti Saarkar (21 October 2014). "Bengal just got older by 22000 yrs". www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph India. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Bishnupriya Basak; Pradeep Srivastava; Sujit Dasgupta; Anil Kumar; S. N. Rajaguru (10 October 2014). "Earliest dates and implications of Microlithic industries of Late Pleistocene from Mahadebbera and Kana, Purulia district, West Bengal". Current Science. 107: 1167–1171.
  3. ^ Gautam Basumallik (30 March 2015). "৪২০০০ বছর আগে অযোধ্যা পাহাড় অঞ্চলে জনবসবাসের নিদর্শন মিলেছে" [42,000 years ago, evidence of human habitation has been found in the Ayodhya Hills region]. www.eisamay.com (in Bengali). Ei Samay. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Basak 2013, pp. 83–87.

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