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bladelet
Object Type
bladelet
Museum number
CAR.5.3
Description
Retouched flint bladelet with fine, marginal retouch around the edges. Patinated.
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Archibald Campbell Carlyle
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Baghai Khor
Materials
flint
Dimensions
Length:
28 millimetres
Curator's comments
In 1962 small excavations at the site of Baghai Khor by R.K Varma (Ghosh, 1965; Varma 1965) revealed a statigraphy in which non-geometric microliths without pottery preceded assemblages which contain both non-geometric and geometric microliths as well as pottery, suggesting Mesolithic to Neolithic transistion (see Cook and Martingell 1994 Chapter II). The thirty two pieces in Carlyle's collection include non-geometric microliths and debitage but it is impossible to determine whether or not these artefacts derive from industries associated with pottery.
Bibliographic references
Cook & Martingell 1994 / The Carlyle Collection of Stone Age artefacts from Central India
(5.3, p.48)
Location
Not on display
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
CAR.5.3