[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c46.179 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.179 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.179 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c46.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.179) The Neolithic culture of Tekkalakotta exhibits affinity with the c. Indian \[4.14.5\] and upper Deccan \[4.14.6\] Chalcolithic in handmade painted grey and black-and-red wares, use crested-guiding ridge technique for the removal of flakes, circular houses with bamboo posts and wattle and daub walls and also burial practices, particularly urn-burials. An overall assessment would warrant placing the site in the upper Neolithic of the Karnataka region. ¹⁴C dates range from between 1540 ± 100B.C. and 1780 ± 105 B.C. for the early phase and 1610 ± 140 B.C. for the later phase. - [Previous: v2.c46.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.178) - [Next: v2.c46.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.180) - [Up: v2.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.179) · Pramāṇa