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Scope of Geoarchaeology in Depicting the Early Hominin Environments in the Gandheswari River Basin of Bankura District, West Bengal ISSN: 2249-4316 The Indian Journal of Spatial Science Vol. II No. 2 — 2011 Article 6 Scope of Geoarchaeology in depicting the Early Hominin Environments in the Gandheswari River Basin of Bankura district, West Bengal Sayantani Neogi The Indian Journal of Spatial Science ISSN: 2249-4316 Vol. II No. 2 — 2011 Article 6 Scope of Geoarchaeology in depicting the Early Hominin Environments in the Gandheswari River Basin of Bankura district, West Bengal Sayantani Neogi Paper received on 08.09.2011 Paper accepted in revised form on 11.11.2011 © The Geographical Institute, 2011 Published by Prof Ashis Sarkar on behalf of The Geographical Institute Department of Geography Presidency University (formerly College) 86/1 College Street, Kolkata 700073, India [email protected] Ph. +91 33 2241 1960 Ext. 206 Typeset and layout by Computer Club [email protected] Scope of Geoarchaeology in depicting the Early Hominin Environments in the Gandheswari River Basin of Bankura district, West Bengal Sayantani Neogi The relationship between natural and cultural factors has long been debated, and many authors correlate these, even if under different perspectives, environmental and cultural conditions. Multi- and interdisciplinary studies, which allow researchers to gather data from different fields and compare natural and cultural phenomena under an integrated and diachronic point of view, are critical to improve our knowledge on these topics. In this sense, geoarchaeology is a mean to interrelate the dynamics of the physical environment and that of the human groups. The disciplines of geology and archaeology find a natural interface here, both contributing to, and benefiting from one another. Bankura district of the modern state of West Bengal has immense potential for such geoarchaeological studies. Keywords: interdisciplinary studies, georarchaeology Introduction Geomorphologically the district of Bankura This paper presents the scope of soil can broadly be divided into three units viz. the hilly micromorphological description in elucidating the country of the west, the undulating red soil area of Quaternary geoarchaeology of the Gandheswari the center and the alluvial flat plains in the east. river valley in Bankura district in the state of West The hilly areas of the west are the relics of Bengal, India. Bankura is one of the few districts denudation of the Chotonagpur plateau. There in West Bengal, which has yielded rich prehistoric are also some residual flat-topped low hills of cultural materials. The Gandheswari river valley Precambrian age which are deeply weathered forming also documents sites from Acheulian culture lateritic crust at the top. These are surrounded onwards. If an approach could be developed by by an erosional plain surface developed over the using soil micromorphology and basic cartography, denuded Precambrian rocks and Jurassic Rajmahal then there is a possibility of mapping the trap. There are older rocks of the Archaean system geomorphological terraces/ fringes (if any) of the like dolerite, granite, gneiss, schist, quartzite, and river Gandheswari. These geomorphological units limestone etc. while the Gondwana system includes are associated with prehistoric lithic assemblages sandstone and shalestone. The Pleistocene activities which could be interesting in finding out the mode are recorded in the form of laterite and gravel of interaction between man and environment. Also, formations while the recent deposits are alluvial the soils and paleosols are a source of information soil. for palaeoecology and human occupations and can furnish us with amazing details of early hominin environmental conditions of this part of West Review of Earlier Researches Bengal. The Gandheswari river valley was first explored by P.C.Dasgupta in 1964. Dasgupta (1967), discovered The Study Area no less than forty palaeolithic sites and the artifacts Gandheswari river is a tributary of Dwarakeswar collected from those sites amount to few thousand river, which originates in the north-western part of pieces, most important being Susunia. Dasgupta Chatna police station, covering a length of 32 km did not pay much attention to the geo-stratigraphy from source to mouth. It passes through Chatna of the region. However, it was mainly due to his and Bankura before merging with Dwarakeswar in persistent efforts that Susunia came into limelight. Bankura (Fig. 1). More than 55 Acheulian sites have been identified Vol. II, No. 2, Article 6— 1 Fig 1. Map showing the Gandheswari River Valley in the Susunia hill region (23° 22' 30'' N: 86° 58' subjected to seasonal flood and thereby preserve 20'' E) which occupies an area of 24 square km. the archaeological materials more often. Thus Regional stratigraphies have been built by tributaries offer potential scope to reconstruct the correlating different sections (Ghosh, 1998). In the cultural life of the people who lived along its bank. main river a thick deposit of mottled clay is found Gandheswari a tributary of Dwarakeswar, could be sometimes directly resting on bedrock succeeded selected for geoarchaeological study keeping in mind by a highly lateritized boulder conglomerate bed. this perspective. “There is a proven and valuable A silty clay bed succeeds this and is overlain by a geo-archaeological and palaeoenvironmental loose angular gravel bed succeeded by silt and recent potential within the Gandheswari river valley alluvium. However, the tributaries show a different and so this impressive Palaeolithic legacy should stratigraphy. Immediately above the bedrock there not be overlooked” (Ghosh, 1998). It is hoped is huge deposit of secondary laterite, which is often that an attempt can be taken to study the effect implementiferrous. This bed is succeeded by a silty of Quaternary climatic and geomorphological bed covered by recent alluvium (Ghosh, 1998). changes by studying the stratigraphy and soil The Palaeolithic or the Acheulian artifacts in micromorphology of the river at different exposed West-Bengal are found either in the gravel bed sections, correlating these deposits and studying of the main river or in the detrital laterite bed of the changing human adaptations according to the the tributaries of the main rivers. But no attempt Quaternary climatic shifts. has been made by any scholar to correlate these deposits through systematic survey and mapping. Scope of Geoarchaeological studies in this area However these sediments yielded a large number a) Objectives of fossil vertebrates that roughly belonged to Upper • To undertake thematic mapping of the Pleistocene (Ghosh, 1998). study area and the related archaeological The major rivers are often subjected to flood, sites by Quaternary cartographic means. thereby destroying the archaeological materials. • The Quaternary stratigraphy of the basin But in sharp contrast the tributaries are not often shall be reconstructed as the main focus Vol. II, No. 2, Article 6— 2 of this study. Knowledge of detailed yield distinctive patterns of site distribution in stratigraphy gained from site specific association with particular landforms. explorations will lend plausibility to the Actualisation of background Quaternary interpretation of landform genesis and data is another important aspect of the evaluation of the history of an area. study in order to make out what works have • To identify the sedimentary environments been done till date. The study of geological of the archaeological sites in the basin area survey reports, bore hole data, information and outline a detailed depositional history from irrigation wells, canals, etc can be of these sites. undertaken to get preliminary background • Explaining the micro-environmental information for carrying out further detailed conditions during human occupation by study and identifying suitable areas for further means of palaeo-pedology and petrography. exploration. For this purpose topographic • To distinguish between natural sedimentary and geological maps of the Survey of India and anthropic processes in the formation and Geological Survey of India can also be of archaeological levels. consulted to identify suitable locations for • To carry out some dating at suitable sites further study. to get a better idea of the chronological Systematic exploration and extensive field development of the area. work is of utmost necessity. Test excavation • To study the effect of Quaternary can also be carried for further understanding environmental change and the changing of stratigraphy at suitable sections. This human adaptations. will enable stratigraphic description and micromorphological and petrographic sampling b) Methodology of sediments providing microenvironmental The geoarchaeological study can be undertaken details for the hominin occupation contexts using a descriptive approach including a and to investigate site formation issues. geomorphological survey of the surroundings, the stratigraphic study of the site and micromorphological analysis. The priority Conclusion goals can be diachronic reconstruction of Soil forming process helps us to reconstruct environmental change and an understanding of the past by indicating the past bioclimatic the relationships between anthropic and non- environment. According to Jenny (1941), soils and anthropic dynamics, paying special attention their properties are the product of the different soil- to site formation processes. forming factors (climate, organisms, relief, parent The first work to be carried out is mapping. material and time) that control the degree of soil
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