An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.1305

v2.c37.1305

Subsequent excavations in 1960s confirmed Foote's observation that the ash-mounds were of Neolithic times. On the slightly brownish disintegrated Bellary gneiss were found in the reddish-brown gravelly detritus soil heavily patinated basaltic and quartz flakes. These pre-Neolithic flakes got embedded due to colluvial process when the climate was semi-arid with occasional torrential downpours. Overlying this detritus soil was a reddish-brown humus-rich soil formed due to a lesser erosional process and consequent thick vegetation. Above this humus developed the Neolithic deposit.