[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.c38.138 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.138 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.138 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.138) The presence of 14 human skeletal remains, with their general orientation from e. to w., indicates clear burial practices, 13 being placed in a flexed and one in an extended position. With these skeletons have been found beads of dentalium shells, which must have been brought from the distant sea, and quartzite pebbles are kept near the head. Possibly the skulls were smashed before burial. Racially the human remains are considered to vary from the Mediterranean to the Veddoid types. Remains of animals \[15.1\] are mainly mammalian and the range includes several species of deer (spotted and hog deer, swamp deer or \*barasinga\* and black-buck), wild boar, \*nilgai\*, bovines (possibly cattle or Indian buffalo), the Indian wolf, rat, squirrel and mongoose. Most of these animals are found even today in similar climatic areas of the subcontinent. - [Previous: v2.c38.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.137) - [Next: v2.c38.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.139) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.138) · Pramāṇa