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Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c7.s13.t2: Borer on Core or Nodule

Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c7.s13.t2

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Borer on Core or Nodule

c7.s13.t2.1

(3) Thick rectangular piece with flattish undersurface, steep sides and uneven upper surface with patches of cortex has been converted into an efficient borer by two deep notches at the pointed end, and the edges have been later perfunctorily retouched. The curved front midridge seems to have been retouched. Chandoli,²² mottled greenish-red jasper.

c7.s13.t2.2

²² On the Ghod River, Poona District. Found on 11-1-1961. The material is identical in every respect with that of the point from Kalegaon.