An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1070

v2.c29.1070

The most distinct feature of the culture is the abundance of polished stone axes of dolerite. The axes are triangular in form usually with pointed butt end either lenticular or flattened in section. Parallel-sided blades and microliths such as crescents, beaked gravers, backed blades, blades with crested ridge, but strangely enough without fluted cores, made on jasper, agate, carnelian, flint, common opal and rock crystal are considerably large in number. The occurrence of copper/bronze objects such as a chisel and rod of copper as well as a bronze rod from Pd I B indicates an extremely limited use of the metal. The main types of pottery vessels, mostly handmade, generally of coarse grey fabric and in its varying shades, burnished or unburnished, are: the simple globular vase, sometimes with a flaring rim and with a long spout on the shoulder; deep or shallow bowl; bowl with a spout; channel-spouted bowl; and dish-on-stand. It is particularly noteworthy that micaceous black-painted pottery similar to those of the Lower Neolithic [11.1.5] of PIKLIHAL, is found only in Pd I A. And in a pit near the excavated cist circle VI (see below), later in construction than the pit itself, was found a black-painted red jar apparently of Jorwe fabric, along with the Megalithic Black-and-red Ware [11.15], obviously belonging to the overlap phase of Pds I B and II, the latter Megalithic. Besides the painted decoration on pottery some have simple incised designs including the herring-bone pattern.