An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1170

v2.c29.1170

The most important features which single out the n.-w. Neolithic culture as typified at Burzahom from the other Neolithic cultures of India are: the semisubterranean dwelling pits and pit chambers with post-holes on the periphery of the dwelling pits and within the chamber of the pit chambers, harvesters in stone, the prolific use of bone tools such as harpoons, daggers and arrowheads and tools fashioned out of antlers, the practice of placing domestic dogs in the graves of their masters, the sacrifice of dogs and the application of red ochre on the dead. These unique finds link the n.-w. Neolithic with n. China, e. Asia and some sites in USSR as also Afghanistan and Iran.