Sourcing Used Red Ochre in the Late Middle Palaeolithic Context at Torajunga, Bargarh Uplands, Odisha, India: Results of Preliminary Investigation
Red ochre or hydrated iron oxide widely used by the H. sapience
since the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age times or even
earlier, is often considered as one of the most significant proxies of
early/modern human behavior, emergence of symbolic behavior
and advanced cognitive abilities in the prehistoric material records. In
the present paper we tried to explain the geo-archaeological
contexts of the occurrence of red ochre milling stone with pestles and
made a preliminary attempt to trace the source area of this
material. Results of our analysis clearly shows that red ochre
blocks/pebbles were imported from distant sources from fro about
60-70 kilometers away from the open-air site of Torajunga for
manufacturing powders, purpose of which is still little understood.
However, ethnographic and archaeological sources have been used to
possible use of this material at the site.
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