[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.c6.s2.t2.4 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s2.t2.4 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s2.t2.4 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s2.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.4) Like the sheep, in the Deccan Neolithic levels the goat is poorly represented, but at HALLUR the population of the goat and sheep shows a marked increase in the Iron Age. This is significant because it implies that here either the people had developed some special methods of goat/sheep-breeding or the animals assumed special importance in the economy. Cut-marks, e.g. at ROPAR, indicate the consumption of goat meat and the state of teeth eruption, degree of fusion of the epiphysis, etc., suggest that animals were slaughtered when 2 to 3 years old. - [Previous: v1.c6.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.3) - [Next: v1.c6.s2.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.5) - [Up: v1.c6.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.4) · Pramāṇa