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7. Length 29'5, breadth 15-6, thickness 8'4 mm. 



8. Length 20-4, breadth 14-9, thickness IS'S „ 



9. Length 37, breadth 27, thickness 17*8 „ 

 10. Length 34, breadth 10, thickness 4'2 „ 



PI. V. 



Fig. 1. Length 19-8, breadth 12'8, thickness 6-3 „ 



2. Length 21*7, breadth 18, thickness Q'6 „ 



3. Length 178, breadth 15'5, thickness 5 ,, 



4. Length 13'3, breadth 12-8, thickness 5-8 „ 



5. Length 23-7, breadth 147, thickness 4-9 ,, 



6. Length 19" 4, breadth 13*2, thickness 37 ,, 



7. Length 17-5, breadth 10"1, thickness 3'8 ,, 



8. Length 23-0, breadth 14'5, thickness 67 „ 



9. Length 35*5, breadth 15'0, thickness 14*4 ,, 



10. Length 287, breadth 21, thickness 14 ,, 



11. Length 25-3, breadth 15 1, thickness 8 „ 



12. Length 35-6, breadth 16*6, thickness 10*5 „ 



As in Neolithic settlements elsewhere, there occur in abundance at 

 Ranchi, in the soil with the implements, not only unworked quartz 

 crystals, quartz of various kinds, chert, jasper, and other stones, suitable 

 for the manufacture of tools and weapons, and evidently collected 

 for that purpose, as has already been stated, but also lumps of red earthy 

 haematite,* some of which have not been used, but some on the other 

 hand have been rubbed down to a smooth surface on a flat stone or 

 scraped in the production of the red pigment which all savages from 

 the very earliest prehistoric times to the present day have delighted 

 in. On the subject of this red pigment Mr. Evansf writes : " There 

 can be little doubt of this red pigment having been in use for what 

 was considered a personal decoration by the Neolithic occupants of 

 Great Britain. But this use of red paint dates back to a far earlier 

 period, for pieces of haematite with the surface scraped, apparently by 

 means of flint flakes, have been found in the French and Belgian caves 

 of the Reindeer Period, so that this red pigment appears to have been in 

 all ages a favourite with savage man. The practice of interring war- 

 paint with the dead is still observed amongst the North American 

 Indians : — 



The paints that warriors love to use 



Place here within his hand, 

 That he may shine with ruddy hues 



Amidst the spirit land." 



* It has been recorded from the Neolithic Settlements of South India, by 

 R. B. Foote, J. A. S. B. 1886, vol. Ivi, pt. ii, p. 271. 

 t Op. cit., p. 238. 



