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There are large amounts of burnt wood fragments of small sticks 50 cm or more long and 5 or 6 cm diameter, including bamboo and acacia. Fragments of reed and/or split bamboo carrying baskets were found. Several pottery lamps were found in form like small plant pots. These contain oil residues of vegetable origin and probably used cotton seeds as moderator. Their position on ledges, or near the pathway suggests that the lamps had semifixed location rather than being carried. Small jars for carrying drinking water or oil were found and some large jars probably used for carrying water out of the mine were also found.