Utnur

One of the earliest known settlements of peninsular India, dating to c 2900 BC. It is a Neolithic site in the central Deccan, with four major phases of occupation. The people were primarily cattle-herders, probably living in huts built of branches and brush. Pottery and stone tools were found.

Neolithic site in the central Deccan, India, occupied in the 3rd millennium bc. Four major phases of occupation were recognized. The people who occupied the site were primarily cattle-herders, probably living in huts built of branches and brush. Remains of stockades for penning the beasts were found, made of thorn fences initially, but later postbuilt. Pottery and stone tools were found.