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Bone and antlers were used as another preferred medium for implements during the Neolithic period in India. Various types of pointed tools were made (Thapar, 1985, p.30). While examining the osteological remains from one of the Neolithic-Chalcolithic sites excavated by our department it was possible to make some observations on the bone utilization tendencies and making processes by us (Thakur & Jayaswal, 1991). The Senuwar collection of bones showed that the suitable broken bones which had originally formed part of food refuge, were utilized as tools, with little or without any alteration. Two types of natural morphology were exhaustely exploited by Senuwarians of the Neolithic times. Firstly, the original bone forms in the shape of chisel-like edge and thick and broad tubular faceted parts as butt, were found suitable for use.