Context: Recently, a Neolithic habitation site with evidence of early metallurgy has been unearthed in Assam.
Relevance of the Topic: Prelims: Key facts about Neolithic site Daojali Hading.
Daojali Hading: Neolithic Site in Assam
- Archaeological findings at Daojali Hading have confirmed it as a major Neolithic site dating back over 2700 years.
- Location: It is situated in the Langting-Mupa Reserve Forest, Dima Hasao district, Assam.
- The site was uncovered during the construction of the Lumding-Haflong Road in the 1960s, leading to systematic excavations. These investigations have revealed polished double shouldered celts, cordmarked pottery, mortars and pestles, besides jadeite stone.
- The discovery of a furnace and iron slag indicate metallurgical activities. This has provided substantial support for earlier hypotheses that Daojali Hading was a major prehistoric settlement in the northeastern part of India.
- The unearthed artefacts linked the site with the broader Eastern and Southeastern Asian Neolithic cultural complex.
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