An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.20

v1.c9.s6.20

(c) E. region [4.6.6] The culture is characterized by the use of handmade pottery, grey or brownish in colour and bearing cord or basket impressions, ground stone tools, including shouldered and round-butt-ended celts, mullers, pestles, etc. No direct evidence for the domestication of animals and plants has so far been obtained, but from circumstantial evidence it can be inferred that slash-and-burn (*jhum*) and shifting cultivation must have been in vogue during that period. Since the Neolithic technology was incapable of improving the yield, shifting was the most expedient solution to the problems.