Prehistory in Byasa
Prehistory in Byasa began with the arrival of Homo sapiens c. 20000 BCE during the Upper Paleolithic. The end of Byasanese prehistory coincides with the creation of the Proto-Byasanese script c. 600 BCE.
Overview
Prehistory in Byasa began in the Upper Paleolithic. Only Homo sapiens inhabited Byasa; there is no evidence that archaic humans ever inhabited the region. The earliest evidence of human habitation is dated to c. 20000 BCE with the Donsila cave paintings. This coincides with the first evidence of human settlements scattered about the region of Nansong dated to the same time period. The earliest human remains in Byasa are dated to c. 18000 BCE. During the Mesolithic, the number of cave paintings increased heavily while the number of settlements began to increase. This increase became steeper after the beginning of the Neolithic. The earliest evidence of permanent settlement in Byasa is located at the Chamdo site, dated to c. 5000 BCE. This is also around the time agriculture began in Byasa.
The Bronze Age in Byasa began c. 1000 BCE. There was no intermediary age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. In Byasa, the Bronze Age coincided with an increase in territoriality and violence was prevalent, leading to a decrease in permanent settlements in the archaeological record. It is believed that, around this time, the first Uulgadzans arrived in the southern regions of Byasa. Protohistory began in 600 BCE with the beginning of the Iron Age in Byasa, marking the end of prehistory, and non-pictographic writing developed shortly after in 450 BCE.
