By Culturekiosque Staff
OXFORD, ENGLAND, 24 FEBRUARY 2010 The School of Archaeology,
University of Oxford, have announced that newly discovered archaeological
sites in southern and northern India have revealed how people lived before
and after the colossal Toba volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago. The
international and multidisciplinary research team, led by Oxford
University in collaboration with Indian institutions, has uncovered what
it calls 'Pompeii-like excavations' beneath the Toba ash.
Stone tools, plants and animal bones, among other artifacts of
human occupation and environment in the two regions, have been the subject
of a seven-year study.