An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.181

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An excavated rock-shelter had paintings of diverse styles, themes, colour and technique on its walls. In a pit cut into the bed-rock of the shelter were found two skulls and the mandible of an animal. Excavation of the floor of the shelter yielded as many as 17 extended human skeletons in graves within a depth of 42 cm, all with plenty of microliths. On the basis of the superimposition and overlapping of the burials eight burial periods could be recognized. Except in two which were oriented n.-s. the skeletons in all had an e.-w. orientation. With some skeletons were associated ochre and lateritic nodules which might have been used for paintings the rock walls. The occupation in the shelter was later on disturbed by extensive pits with copper beads and arrowheads, reminiscent of the Vindhyan Megalithic culture [4.17.3].