[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.s6.20 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.20 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.20 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v1.c9.s6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.19) - [Next: v1.c9.s6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.21) - [Up: v1.c9.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.20) · Pramāṇa