[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.s5.19 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s5.19 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s5.19 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s5.19) 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. - [Previous: v1.c9.s5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s5.18) - [Next: v1.c9.s5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s5.20) - [Up: v1.c9.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhīmbeṭkā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhimbetka) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s5.19) · Pramāṇa