An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.73

v2.c29.73

*Structures.* In phases I and II the only structures are large floors made of schist slabs quarried from rocks across the river together with occasional pebbles. Some of these floors covered the entire excavated area. But it is difficult to discern any recognizable pattern in most of them. In some places however the stones appear to be aligned in a circular fashion with diameters of 3 to 5 m. These stones were likely to have been arranged on the outer periphery of circular wattle huts or wind breaks to protect them from strong winds. At several places small areas, 40 to 70 cm across, were paved with lightly packed stones and these were associated with concentration of animal bones. They probably represent butchering floors. In Pd II kiln-burnt bricks—mostly fragmentary—and tiles are also used in construction. In one case a wall nearly 3 m long and 1 m wide was made of massive and partly dressed stones.