An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.177

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The sites of Middle Palaeolithic industry are also confined in the region occupied by rocks of Kaladgi formations. Chert, a preferred raw material of this industry, is available in plenty in limestone formations. An open air factory site at KOVALLI (16°15′; 75°37′) is important among the sites discovered. It is essentially a flake industry, as nearly 80 to 90 per cent of tools are made on flakes. The assemblage from YADWAD (16°15′; 75°13′) is predominantly made on blades. They include scrapers, points, flakes, worked flakes, simple and backed blades, a few burins and cores and are comparable to the Upper Palaeolithic industry [4.4] found in other parts of peninsular India.