Environmental change during the Pleistocene and Holocene in the Peshawar Basin, Pakistan (original) (raw)

Journal of Archaeological Science - J ARCHAEOL SCI, 1980

Abstract

The Pleistocene sequence of the northern areas of Pakistan, which have abundant evidence of palaeolithic industries, is discussed in the light of our own field observations and of recent published studies. It is clear that the pioneering work of de Terra & Paterson (1939) needs to be fundamentally re-examined using modern, interdisciplinary, approaches. We describe a sequence of Pleistocene and Holocene deposits from the northern Peshawar Basin near the ruined Buddhist monastery of Takht-i-Bahi. Pleistocene lacustrine siltstones and red weathered deposits are discussed and compared with other deposits both within the Peshawar Basin and in the adjacent Potwar region. A Holocene colluvium of soil, slates and schists is interpreted as indicating landscape changes due to erosion following the abandonment and probable destruction of the monastery in the latter part of the 5th century AD.

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