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{{Short description|Archaeological site in Madhya Pradesh, India}}
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|name = Dhaba
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|location = Dhaba, [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
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|built = 80,000 BCE{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=191}}
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|cultures = [[Middle Paleolithic|Middle Paleolithic culture]]{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=191}}
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|event = not known
|excavations = 2011–12{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=191}}
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|condition = Ruined
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'''Dhaba''' is a [[Middle Paleolithic]] [[archaeological site]] on the banks of the [[Son River]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] [[Madhya Pradesh]].{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=191}} According to [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon 14 dating]], construction of the settlement began around 80,000 years ago.{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=191}}<ref name="shh-mpg"/> In 1983, the prehistoric settlement at Dhaba village was jointly discovered by Researchers from [[University of Allahabad]], [[Karnatak University]], [[Banaras Hindu University]], [[University of Oxford]] and [[University of Queensland]].<ref name="ThePrint"/> During the excavations [[microlith]]ic artefacts were discovered.{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=191}}

==Archaeology==
The archaeological site of Dhaba village consists of Pleistocene alluvial hillocks overlying unconsolidated quartzite boulders and decomposed shale bedrock on the left (north) bank of the [[Son River]].{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|p=193}} Excavations were conducted at three sites in the archaeological site.{{sfn|Haslam|Harris|Clarkson|Pal|2012|pp=193–196}} Researchers from India, United Kingdom and Australia undertook a program of survey exploration and excavation. The Dhaba was first excavated in 2011–2012, where India's [[Middle Paleolithic|Middle Paleolithic culture]] was discovered. The archaeological site of Dhaba serves as an important bridge linking regions with similar archaeology to the east and west.<ref name="ThePrint">{{cite web |last1=Ramesh |first1=Sandhya |title=Indians likely survived super-destructive Toba volcano 74,000 years ago: Study |url=https://theprint.in/science/indians-likely-survived-super-destructive-toba-volcano-74000-years-ago-study/371492/ |website=www.theprint.in |publisher=ThePrint |access-date=11 October 2023 |location=Bengaluru |date=27 February 2020}}</ref>

Archaeologists claim that the tools found at the site show that the "Levallois technique" — an early method of chipping stone into weapons – was used. The tools were buried in sediments dating 80,000<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web |last1=Desikan |first1=Shubashree |title=Early humans lived in northern India 80,000 years ago |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/early-humans-lived-in-northern-india-80000-years-ago/article30924041.ece |website=www.thehindu.com |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=en-IN |date=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="nationalgeographic">{{cite web |last1=Boissoneault |first1=Lorraine |title=Did early humans in India survive a supervolcano? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2020/02/did-early-humans-in-india-survive-a-supervolcano |website=www.nationalgeographic.co.uk |publisher=National Geographic |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=en-gb |date=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="shh-mpg"/> to 65,000 years ago.<ref name="The-Conversation">{{cite web |last1=Clarkson |first1=Chris |last2=Petraglia |first2=Michael |title=Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago |url=https://theconversation.com/stone-tools-show-humans-in-india-survived-the-cataclysmic-toba-eruption-74-000-years-ago-132101 |website=www.theconversation.com |publisher=The Conversation |access-date=11 October 2023 |date=25 February 2020}}</ref> Tools in younger sedimentary layers were shaped with more advanced techniques.<ref name="ThePrint"/> Specimens found in Dhaba prove that ancient Indians survived the [[Toba catastrophe theory|Mount Toba super eruption]], one of the worst disasters of mankind 74,000 years ago.<ref name="nationalgeographic"/><ref name="deccanherald">{{cite web |last1=Ray |first1=Kalyan |title=Did humans in India survive a super-volcano eruption 74,000 years ago? |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/science/did-humans-in-india-survive-a-super-volcano-eruption-74000-years-ago-808319.html |website=www.deccanherald.com |publisher=Deccan Herald |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=en |date=27 February 2020 |quote=Ancient Indians survived one of mankind’s worst catastrophes — the Mount Toba super eruption that literally rocked the world 74,000 years ago.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Strickland |first1=Ashley |title=Ancient humans lived through a massive volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/25/world/toba-volcanic-eruption-ancient-humans-scn/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="shh-mpg">{{cite web |title=Human Populations Survived the Toba Volcanic Super-Eruption 74,000 Years Ago |url=https://www.shh.mpg.de/1641983/toba-eruption |website=www.shh.mpg.de |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite journal |last1=Haslam |first1=Michael |last2=Harris |first2=Clair |last3=Clarkson |first3=Chris |last4=Pal |first4=J.N. |last5=Shipton |first5=Ceri |last6=Crowther |first6=Alison |last7=Koshy |first7=Jinu |last8=Bora |first8=Janardhana |last9=Ditchfield |first9=Peter |last10=Ram |first10=Harindra Prasad |last11=Price |first11=Kathryn |last12=Dubey |first12=A.K. |last13=Petraglia |first13=Michael |title=Dhaba: An initial report on an Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic and microlithic locality in the Middle Son Valley, north-central India |journal=Quaternary International |date=May 2012 |volume=258 |pages=191–199 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.007}}

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