[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.c21.s15.15 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s15.15 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s15.15 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.s15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15.15) Amongst the tool types lunates, trapezes and triangles are generally found in very limited numbers because, forming as they do a part of the hunting gear, they have only a limited use in a food-producing economy. Sankalia’s experiments, 1967, with the blade tools from the NAVDATOLI collections have shown that these can serve a variety of purposes involving scraping, cutting, slicing and paring of soft materials like vegetables, fruits, corn-stalks and wood. It is very probable that most of these artefacts were hafted in wood or bone to form composite tools/weapons like sickles, knives, harpoons, etc. - [Previous: v1.c21.s15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15.14) - [Next: v1.c21.s15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15.16) - [Up: v1.c21.s15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15) ## Cites (1) - [Navdatoli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.navdatoli) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s15.15) · Pramāṇa