Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c13.44

c13.44

The earlier burials in cemetery H (Stratum II) are extended inhumations, normally lying north-east and south-west, with the legs slightly flexed, and at an average depth of six feet beneath the present surface. About twenty-four such burials were found in the area excavated: some were claimed as dismembered or fractional, but it is not clear whether these were not sometimes the result of ancient disturbance. The burials are sometimes accompanied by the remains of food-offerings - in one grave an entire dismembered goat had been laid with the dead man - and large numbers of pottery vessels were always present. In only two graves were any other objects found: a woman with a gold bangle on her wrist, and the three remaining teeth in the skull of another looped round with gold wire - 'for security or decoration', as Wheeler rather sardonically remarks.