[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.c9.s14.t1.57 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.57 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.57 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s14.t1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.t1.57) \*4.14.7 S.-e. Deccan\*. In the s.-e. Deccan all the early cultures remained basically Neolithic despite the Chalcolithic impact from the w. or n. Most of the Neolithic sites here \[4.6.8\] flourished in granitoid areas, thereby suggesting that not much recourse was taken to cultivation as a means of augmenting the food supply bestowed by nature. A continued occupation of a particular site may also indicate favourable ecological conditions; but as a matter of fact the settlements which may be included culturally and technologically within the purview of the Neolithic pattern hardly show signs of continuous occupation. - [Previous: v1.c9.s14.t1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.t1.56) - [Next: v1.c9.s14.t1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.t1.58) - [Up: v1.c9.s14.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.t1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.t1.57) · Pramāṇa