Sanghao Cave

Location of Patohar Plateau

Sanghao Cave is a Paleolithic^[1] site, located on the Pothohar Plateau of Pakistan that was excavated by Ahmad Hasan Dani.

Site

The cave is located near Peshawar in the Mardan district of northern Pakistan at an altitude of 600 metres (2,000 ft). The cave is often referred as Parkho-darra.

Discovery

Stone cutters

Evidence of human activity in the Middle Palaeolithic has been reported from Sanghao Cave.^[2] The cave was excavated by Ahmad Hasan Dani in 1963. Chipped stone, bones, were found during the excavation.^[3] Other items included scrapers, quartz tools, blades, flakes, etc.^[4][5][6]

See also

• Bhimbetka rock shelters
• Lithic analysis

References

1. Upinder Singh. A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Pearson education. p. 76.
2. Ahmad Hasan Dani; Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson. History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 1. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 79. ISBN 9788120814073.
3. "Some Comments on the Mammalian Fauna of Sanghao Cave, a Middle Stone Age Site in Northern Pakistan", by M. Salim,
4. A. H. Dani (1993). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C. UNESCO. p. 487.
5. Kumkum Roy. Historical Dictionary of Ancient India. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 282.
6. Marta Camps; Parth Chauhan. Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions: Methods, Theories, and Interpretations. p. 131. ISBN 9780387764870.

Further reading

• Sigfried J. de Laet, Ahmad Hasan Dani, José Luis Lorenzo, Unesco, R. B. Nunoo. History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization. Taylor & Francis. p. 163.
• Bridget Allchin. The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan. Cambridge University. p. 53.
• Brian M. Fagan; Charlotte Beck. The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Oxford. p. 52.
• Ian Shaw; Robert Jameson (2008). A Dictionary of Archaeology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 507.