An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.64

v2.c29.64

Pd I, Phase I (*c.* 5000 to 2500 B.C.), occupies the lower 50 to 80 cm of occupation deposit. Here microliths and animal bones were most profuse, and the economy was based on a combination of hunting-gathering and herding. People lived in huts with stone-paved floors and probably wattle walls, or were sheltered behind wind breaks. The dead were buried in an extended position laid out e.-w. Phase II (*c.* 2500-1000 B.C.) occupies the next 30 to 50 cm deposit. Microlithic tools and animal bones begin to decline in quantity, but copper tools and pottery make their appearance. The pottery is handmade with incised decoration. The dead were buried in a flexed position and oriented w.-e. and the graves were richly furnished with pots, metal tools, ornaments and food offerings. Increased material prosperity implies a more secure and stable economy suggesting the possibility of plant agriculture and a greater reliance on animal domestication.