IISER MOHALI

2014 - 2022 : Assistant Professor, IISER Mohali

2008 - 2009 : Fulbright postdoc scholar, Deccan College Postgraduate & Research Institute (Pune)

2005 - 2008 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Stone Age Institute & Indiana University (USA)

1999 - 2005 : PhD in Archaeology, University of Sheffield (UK)

1996 - 1998 : M.A. in Archaeology & Ancient History, Deccan College Postgraduate & Research Institute (Pune)

1994 - 1996 : B.A. in Anthropology, Rutgers University (USA)

1. Amanuel Beyin, Parth R Chauhan and Ahmed Nassr. Stone Age Sites in the Red Sea Coastal Region of Sudan. In Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa: Hominin behavior, geography, and chronology. Springer, 2023, pages 1027–1037.

2. Ravish Lal, Tosabanta Padhan, Bharti Jangra, Parth R Chauhan, Shivam Sahu and Rajeev Patnaik. New field observations on the Quaternary geology and vertebrate palaeontological occurrences in the Narsinghpur region of Narmada valley (central India). , 2023.

3. Vivek Singh, Shantanu Katiyar, Nupur Tiwari, K Krishnan and Parth R Chauhan. Lower Palaeolithic (Acheulean) adaptations in the central Narmada Valley: New evidence from Sehore and Narmadapuram Districts, Madhya Pradesh, India. Quaternary Science Advances 11:100094, 2023.

4. Diptimayee Behera and Parth R Chauhan. Investigating possible links between Holocene environmental changes and cultural transitions across India. The Holocene 33(6):728–745, 2023.

5. Parth R Chauhan. Chrono-contextual issues at open-air Pleistocene vertebrate fossil sites of central and peninsular India and implications for Indian palaeoanthropology. , 2023.

6. PARTH R CHAUHAN. General observations on the rock art of Satpura Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Bolet\'ın APAR, page 1309, 2022.

7. Praveen K Mishra, Parth R Chauhan, Pranaya Diwate, Shah Parth and Ambili Anoop. Holocene climate variability and cultural dynamics in the Indian subcontinent. Episodes Journal of International Geoscience 43(1):552–562, 2020.

8. Parth R Chauhan. Human evolution in the center of the old world: An updated review of the South Asian Paleolithic. Pleistocene Archaeology-Migration, Technology, and Adaptation, 2020.

9. Rajeev Patnaik, Hong-Chun Li, Jih-Pai Lin, Mahi Bansal and Parth R Chauhan. Microlithic, faunal, floral and isotopic data from an archaeological site 14C dated to LGM in the eastern state of Odisha, India. Quaternary International 528:138–146, 2019.

10. Advait M Jukar, Rajeev Patnaik, Parth R Chauhan, Hong-Chun Li and Jih-Pai Lin. The youngest occurrence of Hexaprotodon Falconer and Cautley, 1836 (Hippopotamidae, Mammalia) from South Asia with a discussion on its extinction. Quaternary International 528:130–137, 2019.

11. Parth R Chauhan. Interpretative shifts in understanding the prehistoric settlement of the Indian subcontinent: comparing Western and Indian historical perspectives. In Interrogating Human Origins. Routledge, 2019, pages 239–256.

12. Amanuel Beyin, Parth R Chauhan and Ahmed Nassr. Reconnaissance of prehistoric sites in the Red Sea coastal region of the Sudan, NE Africa. Journal of Field Archaeology 44(3):147–164, 2019.

13. Amanuel Beyin, Parth R Chauhan and Ahmed Nassr. New discovery of Acheulean occupation in the Red Sea coastal region of the Sudan. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 26(6), 2017.

14. Parth R Chauhan, David R Bridgland, Marie-Hélène Moncel, Pierre Antoine, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Rebecca Briant, Pedro P Cunha, Jackie Despriée, Nicole Limondin-Lozouet, Jean-Luc Locht and others. Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group. Quaternary Science Reviews 166:114–149, 2017.

15. Parth R Chauhan. A decade of paleoanthropology in the Indian Subcontinent (2005–2015). A Companion to South Asia in the Past, pages 32–50, 2016.

16. Parth R Chauhan, K Krishnan, Ketika Garg, Shubham Pal, Bharti Singh and Avinandan Mukherjee. Revisiting the Joshipur Rock shelter Complex (Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh). Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 3:105–127, 2015.

17. Parth R Chauhan, Shantanu Ozarkar and Shaunak Kulkarni. Genes, stone tools, and modern human dispersals in the center of the Old World. Emergence and diversity of modern human behavior in Paleolithic Asia, pages 94–113, 2015.

18. Stephen J Lycett and Parth R Chauhan. Analytical approaches to Palaeolithic technologies: an introduction. New perspectives on Old stones: Analytical approaches to paleolithic technologies, pages 1–22, 2010.

19. Parth R Chauhan. Metrical variability between South Asian handaxe assemblages: preliminary observations. New perspectives on Old Stones: Analytical approaches to Paleolithic technologies, pages 119–166, 2010.

20. Parth R Chauhan. The Indian Subcontinent and ‘Out of Africa I’. Out of Africa I: the first hominin colonization of Eurasia, pages 145–164, 2010.

21. Parth R Chauhan. Comment on ‘Lower and Early middle Pleistocene acheulian in the Indian sub-continent’by gaillard et al.(2009)(Quaternary international). Quaternary International 223:248–259, 2010.

22. Marta Camps and Parth Chauhan. Sourcebook of Paleolithic transitions. New York: Springer, 2009.

23. Parth R Chauhan. Early Homo occupation near the Gate of Tears: examining the paleoanthropological records of Djibouti and Yemen. In Interdisciplinary approaches to the Oldowan. Springer, 2009, pages 49–59.

24. Parth R Chauhan. The South Asian Paleolithic record and its potential for transitions studies. Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions: Methods, Theories, and Interpretations, pages 121–139, 2009.

25. Rajeev Patnaik, Parth R Chauhan, MR Rao, BAB Blackwell, AR Skinner, Ashok Sahni, MS Chauhan and HS Khan. New geochronological, paleoclimatological, and archaeological data from the Narmada Valley hominin locality, central India. Journal of Human Evolution 56(2):114–133, 2009.

26. Martin AJ Williams, Stanley H Ambrose, Sander Kaars, Carsten Ruehlemann, Umesh Chattopadhyaya, Jagannath Pal and Parth R Chauhan. Environmental impact of the 73 ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284(3-4):295–314, 2009.

27. Parth R Chauhan. The lower Paleolithic of the Indian subcontinent. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews: Issues, News, and Reviews 18(2):62–78, 2009.

28. Parth R Chauhan. Soanian lithic occurrences and raw material exploitation in the Siwalik Frontal Zone, northern India: a geoarchaeological perspective. Journal of Human Evolution 54(5):591–614, 2008.

29. Parth R Chauhan. Large mammal fossil occurrences and associated archaeological evidence in Pleistocene contexts of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Quaternary International 192(1):20–42, 2008.

30. Parth R Chauhan. Soanian cores and core-tools from Toka, northern India: towards a new typo-technological organization. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 26(3):412–441, 2007.