GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AROUND BAP-MALAR PLAYA, DISTRICT JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN

We report here stratigraphical, palynological, archaeological and rela tive radioactive carbon dating studies around Bap-Malar playa in Jodhp ur district of Rajasthan, as an attempt at understanding the environme ntal changes in the context of prehistoric sites. We also report, Late Acheulian site in a regolith, large number of Microlithic sites with pottery and bones in the context of stabilized dunes and a few Microli thic sites with or without pottery, around a shallow Bap-Malar playa, During the mid-Holocene, the Bap-Malar was a perennial playa, and prov ided a congenial ecological niche for pastoral communities.