Archaeology & Prehistory
Neolithic ash mounds (Utnur, Budihal)
c. 3000-1200 BCESouth Indian Neolithic herdersKarnataka and Andhra sitesKarnataka
3,000 BCE
Mounds of burnt cattle dung from ancient cattle pens, evidence of large-scale pastoralism.
- Dated
- 3,000–1,200 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 3000-1200 BCE
- Originator
- South Indian Neolithic herders
- Source text
- Karnataka and Andhra sites
- Region
- Karnataka
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Why the dung was burned (ritual or practical) is debated.
Path to modern innovation
A distinctive South Indian Neolithic phenomenon.
References
- 1F. R. Allchin (1963)
- 2D. Fuller et al.
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