An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.20

v2.c28.20

The Palaeolithic stratigraphy revealed in the excavated trenches shows a laterite deposit resting on the quartzite rock which in succession is overlain by partly hardened sandy gravelly deposit and a sticky red clay, the last two derived from the underlying laterite. Above them and partly enclosed within these deposits is the fragmentary talus or debris containing Palaeolithic implements. The surface soil resting on the implementiferous bed is composed of red silty clay with a few dark humus patches here and there. Wherever the tool-bearing talus is absent the red sandy clay is extremely eroded and on the resultant uneven surface the microlith-bearing dark soils rest with a clear erosional unconformity. None of the deposits is laid down by water and the surface dark clays seem to have been deposited by wind.