[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c19.s1.15 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.15 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.15 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.15) Coastal environments also came to be more intensively exploited during this period. A number of microlithic sites occur on hilltops right on the sea-shore of Bombay (cf. KANDIVLI). Others are located on islands along the w. coast. On the e. coast a number of sites are located on the coastal dunes in Dt Tirunelveli close to the sea-shore \[cf. 9.5\]. In both these situations it appears certain that resident communities greatly depended on marine sources for their subsistence. - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.14) - [Next: v1.c19.s1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.16) - [Up: v1.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kandivli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kandivli) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.15) · Pramāṇa