An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.258

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The second (upper) group consisting of comparatively fine gravel and silt is separated from the lower by an irregular erosional contact. It is very rich in vertebrate fossils of *Bos*, *Bubalus*, *Elephas*, etc. (see table) datable according to de Terra and Teilhard de Chardin to the Upper Pleistocene. This horizon yields mostly flake tools of smaller dimensions than those of the preceding zone, consisting of varieties of scrapers, points, borers, flakes, some struck from prepared cores, small choppers and cores of the Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] cultures. On the top of these sediments lies the fine sandy gravel over which is the surface Black Cotton Soil [9.1].