[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.c34.493 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.493 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.493 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.493) The tools of the Middle Palaeolithic industry are mainly found in the white calcareous gravel. The nature of the gravel suggests that during the Upper Pleistocene period \[9.8.2\] there was a river flowing here from n. to e. which had adopted a sluggish course at some stage causing the gravel to spread on the bed. The tools are made mainly on jasper, but chert has also been used frequently. Typologically they are simple and plain flakes, with scrapers, points, borers and borer-\*cum\*-scrapers. The blade element is also present with a prominent bulb of percussion and at times diffused flake scars. - [Previous: v2.c34.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.492) - [Next: v2.c34.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.494) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.493) · Pramāṇa