An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t6.18

v1.c9.s6.t6.18

The physiographic context of the occurrence of the Neolithic sites is the continuance of the Dhāṟwāṟ formation in Dt N. Arcot and the availability of variant raw materials like the hypersthene granite, diorite and diabase, besides dolorite, the best supply of which are found in the dykes in the Bara Mahal and in Attur and in the Bargur factory site in Krishnagiri taluka, to the e. of Varatarapalli in Dt Salem. As many as 70 Neolithic tools had been collected by Foote in this region and are now in the Madras Government Museum.