Anyathian complex | prehistoric technology | Britannica (original) (raw)
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history of Myanmar
In Myanmar: The origins of civilization in Myanmar …tools that have been labeled Anyathian, from Anyatha (another term for Upper Burma). A discovery in 1969, by workers from the government’s Department of Archaeology, of some cave paintings and stone tools in the eastern part of Shan state shows that that area too had Paleolithic as well as early… Read More
In Stone Age: East and Southeast Asia …complex is known as the Anyathian. The Early Anyathian is characterized by single-edged core implements made on natural fragments of fossil wood and silicified tuff, and these are associated with flake implements. In the Late Anyathian, a direct development from the earlier stage, smaller and better-made core and flake artifacts… Read More
