An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.74

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*Disposal of the dead.* Five burials were found, one in Phase I, three in Phase II and one in Pd II, all of them within the settlement area. In Phase I the body was laid in an extended position with the lower left arm resting partly over the trunk and with the head towards the w. No grave goods were offered. In the three burials of Phase II the body was laid in a flexed position, with the head to the w. Whether this change in the burial practice signifies a change in the ethnic composition of the community is not possible to say as the skeletons of both phases I and II are too poorly preserved to draw any meaningful conclusions about their physical features. These burials were provided with many offerings in the form of pottery food vessels (originally no doubt full), ornaments, metal objects and cuts of meat. In one of the burials 36 beads of stone and bone were found strewn on the chest and around the neck. These must have been originally strung and worn as a necklace. With the same burial a fragmentary terracotta spindle whorl [6.25] was placed near the feet. The sole burial found in the deposit of Pd II turned out to be a much later interment, not culturally related to this Pd because of the association of a medieval coin with it.