[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.c37.1305 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.1305 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.1305 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.1305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v2.c37.1304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1304) - [Next: v2.c37.1306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1306) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1305) · Pramāṇa