An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s5.19
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s5.19
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The Mesolithic peoples had little by way of material culture. Stone querns, rubbers and hammers occur at many sites. At BHIMBETKA a few bone points, some bone pieces with incised decoration and an animal rib with a long narrow perforation possibly to be used as a pendant have also been found. It is only in the later contact with contemporary metal-using and farming-based economies that we find them acquiring such items as pottery, metal tools and stone beads for ornaments.