[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c34.177 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.177 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.177 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.177) 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. - [Previous: v2.c34.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.176) - [Next: v2.c34.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.178) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kovalli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kovalli) - [Yadwad](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.yadwad) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.177) · Pramāṇa