VERNA BHUYAR 3

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A south-west facing cave entrance (12 m wide and up to 3.5 m high) in laterite overlooks the adjacent plain (note 1) and leads to a solitary, spacious chamber (almost 15 m wide and up to 4 m high) with a nearly level floor (circa 120 square metre), apparently of sedimentary origin and covered with small, angular stones. SITUATION: Estimated 100 m in a direct line approximately west of the first (big, dark) –>Verna Bhuiyar but about 15 m (or so) higher up or some 50 m in a direct line approximately west of the second –>Verna Bhuiyar and about 8 m (or so) higher up. CULTURAL HISTORY - Human use: Apart from a few sea shells (note 2), there are no obvious human traces visible inside or in front of the daylight-lit cave (shelter), which, if drinking water (now some 500 or 600 m away) were available, would serve sheltering a clan (two or three dozen people) of human dwellers. I find no explanation for a couple of shallow mounds (3 or five), rising near the back walls some 15 or 20 cm above he level floor. Shallow cavities (oblong, ca. 0.8 to 1.1 m across, about 10 cm deep) possibly can be attributed to resting places of animals (bear?). CAVE POTENTIAL: Checking the archaeological potential of the site might be worthwhile.he level floor. Shallow cavities (oblong, ca. 0.8 to 1.1 m across, about 10 cm deep) possibly can be attributed to resting places of animals (bear?). CAVE POTENTIAL: Checking the archaeological potential of the site might be worthwhile.