An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.170
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.170
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**Namkum**, Dt Ranchi. Early Stone Age (Lower Palaeolithic [4.2]) implements such as choppers, handaxes and scrapers were found. Flake-blades on quartz and quartzite were also collected from the valley of the Subarnarekha and Sapahi near Namkum. The same site or another site of the same name is a so-called Asura site [14.4] which produced copper bracelets, axe-heads and iron impelements and arrowhead. *IAR 1964-5*. Roy, S.C., 1921, in *Jour. Bihar & Orissa Res. Soc.*, 6, pp. 413, 417-8.