An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.340

v2.c30.340

Pd I covering 3·5 m thick deposit has revealed a full-fledged Neolithic culture [4.6.4] represented mainly by bone tools and decorated pots, besides other associated finds. Bone (including antler) implements include different types of celts, scrapers, chisels, hammers, needles, points, borers, awls, diggers, a shaft-straightener (*baton de commandment*), pins, styli, tanged and socketed arrowheads and many unfinished tools, such as the shoulder bone of an ox probably used as a shovel. Bone ornaments are represented by pendants, ear rings, bangles of ivory and tortoise bone, discs and combs. The neoliths include celts, hammers, pestles, querns, balls, etc., usually made of quartzite, basalt and granite, and microliths are represented by parallel-sided blades, scrapers, arrowheads, serrated points, notched blades, points, lunates, borers and a few geometric microliths generally made of chalcedony, chert, agate, jasper, etc. Beads of chalcedony, agate, jasper, marble, steatite and faïence represent different types, such as long tubular, long barrel, short barrel, cylindrical, triangular and disc-shaped, and terracotta objects include humped bulls, birds, *nāgas*, bangles, beads, balls and punctured decorated objects.