Sanghao Cave
{{Short description|Cave and archaeological site in Pakistan}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|3|23|N|71|32|44|E|display=inline,title}}
| location = near Peshawar
| region = Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Sanghao Cave is a Paleolithic{{cite book|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century|page=76|author=Upinder Singh|year=2008 |publisher=Pearson education|isbn=9788131711200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC}} 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 {{convert|600|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The cave is often referred as Parkho-darra.
Discovery
Evidence of human activity in the Middle Palaeolithic has been reported from Sanghao Cave.{{cite book|title = History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 1|author1=Ahmad Hasan Dani |author2=Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson |year=1999 | page = 79|publisher = Motilal Banarsidass|isbn = 9788120814073}} The cave was excavated by Ahmad Hasan Dani in 1963. Chipped stone, bones, were found during the excavation."Some Comments on the Mammalian Fauna of Sanghao Cave, a Middle Stone Age Site in Northern Pakistan", by M. Salim, [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/29756770?uid=3738256&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21103394207843] Other items included scrapers, quartz tools, blades, flakes, etc.{{cite book|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C.|page=487|publisher=UNESCO|author=A. H. Dani|year=1993}}{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Ancient India|page=282|author=Kumkum Roy|year=2009 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810853669 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIUZjYEuqskC}}{{cite book|title = Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions: Methods, Theories, and Interpretations|author1=Marta Camps |author2=Parth Chauhan | page = 131|isbn = 9780387764870}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e75T03MIp3sC&pg=PA163|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=163|author=Sigfried J. de Laet, Ahmad Hasan Dani, José Luis Lorenzo, Unesco, R. B. Nunoo| year=1994 | isbn=9780415093057 }}
- {{cite book|title=The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan|page=53|author=Bridget Allchin|date=29 July 1982 |publisher=Cambridge University|isbn=9780521285506 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4s-YsP6vcIC&pg=PA53}}
- {{cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to Archaeology|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ystMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|author1=Brian M. Fagan |author2=Charlotte Beck |year=2012 |publisher=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-507618-9 }}
- {{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Archaeology|page=507|author1=Ian Shaw |author2=Robert Jameson |year=2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780470751961 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HKDtlPuM2oC&pg=PA507}}
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