An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s15.4

v1.c16.s15.4

The Iron Age Megalithic pottery of the region is well-baked, durable and invariably thrown on wheel. Divisible into the black-and-red, black-slipped, red and thick grey wares, it is represented by: the shallow bowl-cum-dish with out-turned, beaked or beaded rim and flat base; convex-sided bowl; bowl with hollow-pedestal base; shallow bowl with sharp or round edge; thick dish with externally ridged shoulder; dish portion of the dish-on-stand (?); shallow dish with clubbed rim; sharply carinated cooking vessel; knobbed lid; pan with clubbed rim; pan with soot marks on the base; medium-sized vase; large storage jar; bowl with ledged shoulder; and bowl-on-stand. The types which serve as connecting links between the pottery assemblage of the Chalcolithic phase on the one hand and the Iron Age phase on the other, are: the bowl with pedestalled base; bowl with ledged shoulder; convex-sided dish with sagger to round base; shallow dish with internally thickened rim; medium-sized vase with beaded rim; and dish-on-stand.