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Archaeologists from Kerala University, has stumbled upon more crucial findings from a 5,200-year old Harappan settlement at the slopes of a small hillock locally called Padta Bet, around 1.5 km away, near Khatiya village, in Kachchh district, Gujarat.
The site’s archaeological deposits were found in different clusters in two separate localities
The excavated remains included the remains of a circular structure and other rectangular structures of varying sizes and made of locally available sandstone and shales.
The artefact repertoire includes semi-precious stone beads made of carnelian and agate, terracotta spindle whorls, copper, lithic tools, cores and debitage, grinding stones, and hammer stones.
The excavations also revealed remains of animal bones representing cattle, sheep or goat and edible shell fragments, thereby indicating animal domestication as well as shellfish exploitation by the inhabitants.
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