Riwat

Riwat

Geographical range	Pakistan
Period	Lower Paleolithic
Dates	1,900,000 – 45,000 BP
Type site	Rawat, Murree
Preceded by	Oldowan
Followed by	Acheulean, Soanian

The Paleolithic This box:
↑ Pliocene (before Homo)
Lower Paleolithic (c. 3.3 Ma – 300 ka) Oldowan (2.6–1.7 Ma) Riwat (1.9–0.045 Ma) Madrasian Culture (1.5 Ma) Soanian (0.5–0.13 Ma) Acheulean (1.8–0.1 Ma) Clactonian (0.3–0.2 Ma) Middle Paleolithic (300–45 ka) Mousterian (150–40 ka) Micoquien (130–70 ka) Aterian (82 ka) Upper Paleolithic (50–10 ka) Baradostian (36 ka) Châtelperronian (45–40 ka) Aurignacian (43–26 ka) Gravettian (33–24 ka) Solutrean (22–17 ka) Epigravettian (20-10 ka) Magdalenian (17–12 ka) Hamburg (14–11 ka) Federmesser (14–13 ka) Ahrensburg (12–11 ka) Swiderian (11–8 ka)
↓ Mesolithic ↓ Stone Age

Coordinates: 33°30′N 73°12′E / 33.5°N 73.2°E / 33.5; 73.2

Riwat (Rawat, Murree) is a Lower Paleolithic site in Punjab, northern Pakistan, providing evidence of Homo occupation that is the earliest outside Africa, dating to 1.9 million years ago. The site was discovered in 1983. The artifacts consist of flakes and cores made of quartzite. Another site, called Riwat Site 55, shows a later occupation dated to around 45,000 years ago.

↑ Pliocene (before Homo)

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