An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t2.9

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The technological advancement in the manufacture of pottery, particularly the use of the fast wheel, the knowledge of metal-working—copper, bronze and gold—steatite disc beads, the blade industry of siliceous materials, the construction of round huts and certain traits in the burial customs do indicate the impact of the Chalcolithic people in the immediate and distant neighbourhood. In ceramics too certain decorative elements of incised patterns, viz., herring-bones, short strokes, dashes, large dot-like impressions, finger-nail impressions, zigzags, etc., have Chalcolithic parallels elsewhere. The technique of blade removal from the core by crested guiding ridge technique is also a Harappan and Chalcolithic trait.