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1914.12.61

Piece of thick pottery of pale buff colour impressed on one side with chequered basket pattern. [EH [OPS move] 14/12/2017]

1914.12.61

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Collection type
Object
Description
Piece of thick pottery of pale buff colour impressed on one side with chequered basket pattern. [EH [OPS move] 14/12/2017]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Karnataka Bellary District Kumbara Gudda [Face Hill] & Ballari Gudda [Fort Hill]
Person
Field collector Frederick John Richards
PRM source Frederick John Richards
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Impressed
Dimensions
Depth: max 24 mm, Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 72 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.12.61 Other numbers: B61
Research and responses

See researchers file 'Milliken' for draft of A brief history of the stone tool collections from India in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford by Sarah Milliken from the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. [ZM 22/08/2008]

In his hand written manuscript (Bellary Neoliths Donations V. 85) Frederick John Richards records the 'B' series of artefacts as being recovered from the Fort Hill - Face Hill site, and not as is stated in the accession book entry near Kappagal. Fort Hill [also known as Ballari Gudda, lat. 15.150962, long. 76.912279] and Face Hill [also known as Kumbara Gudda, lat. 15.159329, long. 76.910627] are two hills separated by a small valley in the centre of Bellary, Karnataka state. Richards provides a sketch map of the two hills on which the collection areas/sites are highlighted with red stippling. These are focussed on the lower slopes of the south side of Kumbara Gudda and the north side of Ballari Gudda. [MN 23/10/2009]

Please note that this catalogue also contains details concerning the topography of Bellary and Kappagal, a list of photographs of the site, a bibliography, a list of plates (now in the photographic collection), definitions, and details of mineral structure. [JP 29/4/2004]

Search terms: Tool, Pottery, Sherd

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