An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.4

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Further excavation has led to the discovery of a compact deposit in two trenches, 1·5 × 1·5 m each, near the facade of the cave. The 10 cm thick uppermost deposit containing loose, ashy brown earth mixed with small weathered blocks of trap has microliths, pottery, animal bones and charcoal bits and ash. A large number of potsherds, microliths, iron arrowheads, small bones and charcoal bits have been recovered from the intermediate stratum composed of light-brown earth mixed with rock rubble down to 60 cm from surface, while from the lowest one, of compact brown earth on the sloping bed rock, has yielded a good number of microliths comprising retouched points, blades, flakes, fluted cores and hammer-stones. The depth reached here is 80 cm.