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# An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.203

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.203

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### [v2.c40.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.203)

\*\*Nandipalle\*\* (79°5′; 14°45′), Dt Cuddapah. Stone Age site situated on a streamlet called Polerammavanka which joins the river SAGILERU. The stratigraphy consists of a basal gravel overlain by coarse white calcareous sand, a second gravel with an overlying layer composed of sticky clayey silt and a third gravel topped by brown silty sand. The artefacts from the three gravels may be divided into: (1) handaxe-pebble tools complex \[4.2\]; (2) flake tools complex; (3) blade and burin complex \[4.4\]; and (4) microlithic \[4.5\] complex. Handaxes and pebble tools occur in equal proportions in Sagileru-I while Sagileru-II has an industry dominated by scrapers. Thimma Reddy, K., & Sudarsen, V., 1978, in \*Man & Environment\*, 2, pp. 32-40.

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