An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.3
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.3
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No definite house plan has been traced at any site, but from the available remains it may be envisaged that the settlers lived in flimsy huts made of clay daubs and clay-plastered reed structures. The earliest occupants of PANDU RAJAR DHIBI built their huts with floors of pellety laterite, occasionally found burnt. The occupation of this small community was succeeded by a more advanced one, which paved the floors with lime plaster bearing signs of post-holes and ovens. There was also a paved passage. Similarly MAHISDAL had evidence of floors made of beaten earth with a soling of rammed burnt clay nodules. BHARATPUR had at least two habitational floors along with open hearths containing animal bones and pottery.