An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.209

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Ten artefacts were obtained *in situ* from the area in the earlier investigation (Sankalia, 1943). The types are tanged points, blades with crescentic back, serrated flakes, scrapers on flake and blade, knives and thin blades. Later Sankalia and Banerjee discovered a number of artefacts in this area. The tool-kit, part of parcel of the NEVASA, BEL PANDHALI and KALEGAON group, consists of nearly 2000 artefacts and is characterized by the scraper-point tradition of the Middle Palaeolithic [4.3]. It may be interesting to note that only 21% of the components of the assemblage fall in finished tool category, which has preponderance of various types of scrapers made on flake, core and nodule. The scraper group is marked by the existence of side scrapers, hollow scrapers, end scrapers, round scrapers and double-edged side scrapers. Borers made on flakes, core or nodule also fare well. The points in the assemblage have a number of varieties, i.e., the group of simple points having leaf-shaped, triangular and oval forms and the tanged ones being of single- or double-shouldered types. Quite a few specimens exhibit Levallois character [16.15]. Besides these a composite form, borer-cum-scraper, has also been noticed. It is apparent from the collection that flakes, cores and flat nodules were given equal preference in making scrapers, points and borers. Flat nodules on chert, jasper, agate, etc. are available in good quantities in the area. Sankalia, H.D., 1943, in *Bull. Deccan College Res. Inst.*, 4, pp. 186-203; 1974, *Prehistory & Protohistory of India & Pakistan*, Poona, pp. 149-55. V. JAYASWAL.