An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c20.s1.t4.1

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The study of the faunal material from the above four Mesolithic sites suggests that the inhabitants were not only hunters but they also practised stock-raising. The economy of these people was mainly based on animals, both domesticated and wild. The inhabitants also exploited aquatic animals like the fish and tortoise for their food. The abundance of cultural material unearthed from all these sites shows that the people were self-sufficient in their economy. The inhabitants of Phases II and III at BAGOR gave more importance to domestication than to hunting. They used ornaments made of bone, especially the phalanges of small ruminants; drill marks on some phalanges are very distinct. The people also had a variety of bone tools.