Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c7.19

c7.19

Above the Lower Gravel was alternatively a further layer of clay known as the Middle Clay, or a sandy stratum representing probably the laterization of the upper part of the Lower Gravel. These deposits were themselves devoid of implements, but on their surface was a blade industry, including cores, blades and scrapers, with a few small handaxes made on flakes. On top of the sand or Middle Clay lay the Upper Gravel, about 3 feet deep, on which was found a working-floor with a blade and burin industry accompanied by little heaps of waste flakes of indurated shale. Over all were 18 inches of Upper Clay containing a more developed blade and burin industry, including polyhedral and angle burins and one of parrot-beak type. In and on the surface appeared the inevitable microlithic industry of these parts (see below, and Chapter 7).