Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s3.t2: Nevasa

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Jorwe and Nevasa would seem to be essentially one culture site. Both are situated on the Pravara, as were Daimabad and several others known from surface finds only. The sites of Nevasa and Jorwe still remain the type sites. The evidences about the pottery repertoire, lamps and terracottas as amplified in Chandoli, Songaon and Ināmgāon tell us about the settlement pattern as well as food habits of the people. At Nevasa the principal occupation was probably on the southern bank, overlooking the river. Excavation in 1959-60 have confirmed the existence of five phases. Evidence of big structure, huge storage jars have also been found. As at present we do not have the actual excavation report of Nevasa, so it is not possible for us to say much about the minerals and metals that have been revealed from there. But as Jorwe and Nevasa were twin sites of Jorwe Culture so, on the basis of Jorwe report we can fairly guess something about the cultures and minerals/metals of this site. Agarwal, on the basis of radio-carbon dates, thinks that the flourishing period of this culture seems to be 1300-1000 BC.