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Ceramic Mugs
Ceramic Mugs

Selbalgiri 2 

Site Details, Pottery Style & Pottery Details

Site Name

Selbalgiri 2 

Site Details

A small trench, measuring 7.7 × 3.7 m was laid to ascertain the stratigraphical sequence of the implementiferous strata. The tentative stratigraphy of the excavation is as follows:

Layer I: 22 cm thick, composed of reddish earth mixed with a small quantity of quartz gravel; yielded 6 stone axes, both ground and chipped, 1 scraper and a large number of potsherds 
Layer II: 20 cm thick, reddish brown in colour containing large number of quartz gravel; and obtained a core, four hammers and several small flakes, besides pottery 
Layer III: 35 cm thick yellowish in colour bearing less gravel and found numerous microliths, both geometric and nongeometric, with pottery

Pottery Style

1. Handmade grey colour pottery

Pottery Style Details

  • handmade 
    coarse and gritty in fabric
    grey, grey-brown and dull brown in colour

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