Upper Palaeolithic Quartz Tool discovered on hill near Manchirevula

Members of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam discovered a quartz stone tool on a hill near Manchirevula Beerappa Gudi in Hyderabad. Experts identified it as an Upper Palaeolithic quartz point, suggesting prehistoric human activity in the region thousands of years ago.

Hyderabad: Members of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam have identified a quartz tool dating back thousands of years on the hill at Manchirevula Beerappa Gudi.

According to Sreeramoju Haragopal, Convener, Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam, the find is a new historical evidence of an Upper Palaeolithic Tool that is thousands of years old.

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Sreeramoju Haragopal, along with Meer Omar Ali Khan, Vice President of Climate Front Telangana, had identified the quartz tool near a rock shelter on the hill behind Beerappa Gudi temple, opposite Manchirevula, on the roadside, TSIIC-311 plot.

The stone tool measures 7 cm in length and 11 cm in circumference. Upon examining the photo of this tool, Prof Ravi Korisettar (Dharwad University) identified it as an Upper Palaeolithic Quartz Point.

In India, the Upper Palaeolithic period dates between approximately 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. During the Upper Palaeolithic era, early humans crafted tools using quartz, quartzite, and chert stones. The discovered quartz point resembles a small stone axe or hand tool.

The finding of this Upper Palaeolithic tool marks a significant milestone in Hyderabad’s history, Sreeramoju Haragopal added.