An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.27

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As regards the level of technology, the culture is truly Chalcolithic in character on account of the use of both copper and stone. The copper tools include flat axes, chisels, arrowheads and swords/daggers. This metal was also used for making ornaments like beads, rings and bangles. The lithic industry, based mostly on the working of milky chalcedony, is characterized by the manufacture of tools on slender blades struck from prismatic cores by means of the crested-ridge technique [16.5.2]. The principal types are simple and retouched blades, backed blades, points, pen-knives, serrated blades and microlithic types like trapezes and lunates. A detailed study of the house-wise distribution of artefacts at Navdatoli has shown that each family made its own tools. These were put to a variety of uses in connection with domestic chores as well as outdoor activities like hunting and butchering wild animals.