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were found on an old site on Havaligi Hill, an isolated 
granite hill in Gooty Taluk, 4o miles north-west of 
Anantapur. 
These were associated with a granite mealing stone 
and several celts, hammers, flakers and corncrushers 
chiefly of basalt and diorite and all of neolithic facies, 
together witha large number of chert and agate flake 
artifacts, many of which were serrated and biserrated. 
Mr. Bruce Foote (Zoc. czt. Vol. I, p. 81) says “ Exactly 
for what purpose they” (these highly worked flakes) 
“were made is problematic wzless indeed they were 
used for working the patterns on chank shell bangles. 
Some are really delicate objects the preparation of which 
must have required much time and great care.” 
Numerous cores of both chert and agate were found 
here.—(/Vo¢e. In connection with the above suggestion 
as to the probable use of the flakes, it must be noted 
that trem the same site came 2085, a fragment of iron 
slag, which indicates a knowledge of iron, a much more 
suitable material for chank working tools than chert or 
agate flakes, however carefully worked. Besides, the 
remains give no indication of this site having been 
the scene cf a bangle-factory, as all the fragments are 
worked and just the fragments which we see when 
bangles being broken accidentally or purposely, are 
thrown aside by the wearers). 
Bruce Foote says (oc. cz¢t.) ‘There are many signs 
of continued habitation on the middle and eastern parts 
of the hill, especially the latter, in the shape of mealing 
places, mostly small and deepish ovals: the shallower 
hollows are of much larger size superficially.” 
‘6) Tadpatri Railway Station, 2106-@. The only 
other find of chank bangle remains was one of a plain 
unornamented bangle washed out of made ground north 
of Tadpatri Railway Station ; at the same place were 
found cores of red jasper and of chert and a fragment of 
a steatite vessel showing signs of having been turned on 
a lathe. All these remains are classed as neolithic by 
Mr. Bruce Foote. 
Cuddapah. 
(2) Mundlavaripallion the Papaghni River. No. 2203. 
A large number (29) of fragments of chank bangles from 
