An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t4.16

v1.c9.s6.t4.16

4.6.7 *N.-e. Deccan*. The Neolithic culture in this region is characterized by a coarse grit-tempered red ware, sometimes also slipped and showing incised or fingertip decoration as also an orange-brown ware and ground stone tools which include rounded or pointed butt axes, basis of the available evidence three distinct traditions, irrespective of their chronological horizons, may be defined: (i) crude handmade red ware with a microlithic element; (ii) burnished grey ware with neoliths; and (iii) painted pottery and burnished grey ware accompanied with long blades.