An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.59

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Of all the sites in the s.-e. Deccan, only KESARAPALLE in Dt Krishna (Sarkar, 1966) fulfils the criteria of a prolonged habitation. Situated in the Krishna-Godavari doab, the area around KESARAPALLE is a fertile plain and a good number of lake-like formations are also to be seen. The settlement has successive cultural deposits from the Neolithic to medieval times, the earliest yielding burnished grey ware and its associated wares along with the black-and-red ware. Apart from two small painted sherds, one of them depicting a design in black on greyish surface and the other white on black, the pottery is unpainted. On the whole the types of the black-and-red ware bear comparison with those from sites belonging to the Chalcolithic complex of c. India and Rajasthan [4.14.1, 5-8]. Animal bones were mostly of the cattle, though bones of birds and fish and heaps of mollusc shells were also there. No microliths were found, though a few developed types of neoliths were picked up from the surface. Another noteworthy feature was the occurrence of large pits, in some cases edged by post-holes.