Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c14.s9.4
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c14.s9.4
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v1.c14.s9.4
While the dock collections at Lothal included both marine and fresh water species of shells, the township collections specifically abounded in chank amongst other things. Hundreds of columella of chank-shell, rejected flakes, unfinished bangles and other finished objects of shell found in the workshops of Lothal confirm that shell-working was a flourishing local industry. One of the workshops encountered in street 1 was devoted to shell-bead industry.