An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.47

v1.c9.s17.47

The three megalithic types at KOTIA are: 1, cist, both unicameral and multicameral; 2, cairn cist; and 3, cairn circle. The cist of the first type was not enclosed by a cairn, although the chambers themselves were covered with small stone pieces. The large multicameral examples (one of them measuring 5·86 × 4·26 m) resembled to some extent the transepted cists of s. India. Human bones were extremely rare in the KOTIA megaliths. However many of them yielded remains of domestic animals like the sheep, pig and cattle including *Bos indicus*, while in one of the structures were found pieces of tortoise and rodent. Some animal bones bear cut marks and some others are partly charred. These indicate rituals associated with the dead.