Question
Download Solution PDFIdentify the site which does NOT attest to the presence of horse.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Burzahom (1700 BC).Key Points
- Burzahom is a Neolithic site located in the district of Srinagar. This site does not have any evidence of horse remains.
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The site of Burzahom brings light to transitions in human habitation patterns from Neolithic to Megalithic.
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Major evidence of pit-dwelling comes from this site.
Hence, the site of Burzahom does not have any evidence of a horse.
- Ghaligai -
- This site is situated in Swat Valley, N.W.F.P., Pakistan.
- This site has evidence of horse remains as skeletons of various animals are found here.
- Pirak-
- Located in Baluchistan, Pakistan, the earliest evidence of a horse comes from this site.
- Here, terracotta and clay figurines of horses are found.
- Also, the bones of horses were found on this site.
- Inamgoan-
- An archaeological site located in Maharashtra.
- Remains of the horse are found on this site.
- Since the domestication of animals was prevalent so horses and other animals were also used.
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