Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.s1.4

c11.s1.4

RG I is at present represented only at the type-site, but it may await discovery at the bottoms of yet unexcavated tells. But there were over 14 feet of deposits in RG I, consisting of soil in which no structural remains could be traced, though there were frequent layers of ash representing hearths; and the excavator suggested that intermittent but recurrent occupation of the site by semi-nomadic people with impermanent huts or tents seemed likely. The pottery found was all unpainted (except for a single sherd roughly painted with a lozenge pattern) and had not been turned on the wheel. There were flint blades of the types we have already encountered in South Baluchistan, but none showed any evidence of having been used as sickle-flints, and there were also two bone points and an eyed needle. The animal bones were very interesting, comprising the humped ox (Bos indicus), domestic sheep (Ovis vignei), the ass (Equus asinus), and, most surprising and important, four teeth of the domesticated horse (Equus caballus). Nomadic, horse-riding herdsmen using the site as a camping-ground are suggested by the finds in RG I; an infant’s skeleton was also found buried at this level.