An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.398

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*Pd I*, Lower Palaeolithic. Lower Palaeolithic tools were found in the cemented gravel resting on the rock. This same layer also yielded a jaw fragment of *Bos namadicus* [15.1], a typical Middle Pleistocene [9.8.2] fossil. The material of these tools of olivine dolerite, a fine-grained variety of trap. Typologically they include handaxes, cleavers, flakes, cores, hammer-stones and choppers.