An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t6.22

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Food habits of the people are perhaps indicated by the charred grains identified as horsegram (*kulti*) and green gram, but these are found in what appears to be the 'overlap' levels. The domesticated animals, as known from their skeletal remains, have a wide range such as the bovid group, sheep, spotted deer, fowl, pig and jungle cat. Bones of the rhinoceros which were also found in the levels might indicate that either they were used as anvils for chipping microliths, as suggested by Zeuner for LANGHNAJ (Gujarat), or could be for their anciently reputed medicinal and talismanic value and possibly were imported, seemingly with no bearing on the Neolithic climate (excavator's inference).