An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.569

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**Don river**, Dts Bijapur and Gulbarga. Middle Stone Age (Middle Palaeolithic [4.3]) sites on the Don river and on the Hunsgi Nullah and its feeders are: Barnal; Bapperga; Chehnur; Devapur; Gulbal (Locality 1); Hebbal Buzurg; Hunsgi (Localities 1 and 2); Kaldevanhalli (Localities 1, 2, 3 and 4); Maskanel; Matkandevanhalli; Meralbhavi (Localities 1 and 2); and Wajal. The composite stratigraphy is as follows: The basal stratum consists of either weathered shale limestone or travertine deposit. It is overlain by a conglomerate deposit. The conglomerate yielded a large number of Middle Stone Age artefacts of chert. The types included scrapers, points, borers, etc., made on plain or prepared flakes and flake blades.