An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c47.167

v2.c47.167

In layer 9 of UTN-I the remains of a burial of a child, probably newly born, include only ribs and one humerus, the skull being completely crushed. The animal remains [15.1] are largely of the cattle and a few of the deer and goat. A bone in UTN-I is fashioned into a chisel-like blade. A charcoal sample from layer IIa of UTN-I is ¹⁴C dated to 2295 ± 155 B.C. Relatively the end of Pd IV is assigned to c. 1250 B.C. It is inferred that ash-mounds of the Raichur *doāb* are of the early Neolithic cattle-keepers who periodically deliberately burnt their cattle-pens containing thick accumulation of cow-dung in a ritualistic way for the construction of new ones. It is thought that this tradition survives in the ritualistic burning during Holi and Diwali festivals.