Fresh investigation carried out in the southern part of Bonaigarh subdivision of Sundargarh district, Odisha, brought to light some very significant dimensions of lithic celt production sites located in the village Sulabhdih and its surrounding region. Not only valley floors and foothills, but slope and top of hills were also utilized for mass production of semi-finished celts, particularly chisels and adzes. Our study suggests that mass production of these craft specialized semi-finished items were probably intended for not only local use at settlement areas where these were further modified into finished products, but these were presumably transported to different regions of highland Odisha and also beyond through trade and/or exchange network. Although no datable material could be recovered during our limited section scrapping, keeping in view available dates from within Odisha, Jharkhand and Karnataka, these sites are tentatively dated to the beginning of second millennium BCE. The present paper intends to bring out some new aspects of celt production in the southern part of Bonaigarh subdivision, hitherto unknown in Odisha and other parts of the sub-continent.

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奥里萨邦博纳加尔南部石制凿子和凿子大规模生产的最新报告

在奥里萨邦Sundargarh区Bonaigarh分区的南部进行了新的调查，结果发现了位于Sulabhdih村及其周边地区的一些巨大规模的碎石生产现场。不仅谷底和山麓，而且山坡和山顶也被用于半成品凯尔特人的大量生产，特别是凿子和ad子。我们的研究表明，这些工艺专门的半成品的大规模生产可能不仅打算在定居区本地使用，在那里将它们进一步加工成成品，而且大概将它们运输到奥里萨高地的不同地区，甚至通过贸易运输到其他地区。和/或交换网络。尽管在有限的报废过程中无法回收任何可回收的材料，考虑到奥里萨邦，贾坎德邦和卡纳塔克邦的可用日期，这些地点暂定为公元前第二个千年初。本文旨在介绍Bonaigarh分区南部，奥里萨邦及该次大陆其他地区迄今未知的某些方面的新的方面。