Back سوانية (ثقافة) Arabic Soanià Catalan Kultura Sóán Czech Cultura soaniana Spanish Soani kultuur Estonian Соан мәдениеті Kazakh Soanien Dutch سواں رہتل PNB Соанская культура Russian Soanian SIMPLE
| Geographical range | Pakistan[1] |
|---|---|
| Period | Quaternary |
| Dates | c.774,000–114,000BCE [2][3] |
| Type site | Siwalik region[1] |
| Major sites | Siwalik Hills[1] |
| The Paleolithic |
|---|
| ↑ Pliocene (before Homo) |
| ↓ Mesolithic |
The Soanian culture is a prehistoric technological culture from the Siwalik Hills, Pakistan.[1][4] It is named after the Soan Valley in Pakistan.[5]
- ^ a b c d Gwen Robbins Schug; Subhash R. Walimbe (13 April 2016). A Companion to South Asia in the Past. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-119-05547-1. Quote: “Soanian and Soanian‐like assemblages are known throughout the entire Siwalik or Sub‐ Himalayan region, from Pakistan to northeast India including Nepal...”
- ^ Petraglia & Allchin 2007, pp. 5–6.
- ^ Murray, Tim (1999). Time and Archaeology. London: Routledge. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-415-11762-3.
- ^ Lycett, Stephen J. (2007). "Is the Soanian techno-complex a Mode 1 or Mode 3 phenomenon? A morphometric assessment" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science. 34 (9): 1434–1440. Bibcode:2007JArSc..34.1434L. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (February 2, 2017). "Pakistan: The lesser-known histories of an ancient land". DAWN.COM.