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It is to be observed that , as the contact in the section clearly shows, at the time when the bur[[strikethrough]]a[[/strikethrough]]ial took place, the sandy gravel stratum with inscribed bones was already formed. The alluvial deposit above the burial is no doubt of late origin which invaded the older cultural stratum as far as it was cut open for the burial. It so happened that the latter f[[strikethrough]]o[[/strikethrough]]lood did not succeed to undercut the neighboring region by a side thrust, which might have taken place. The vertical contact here is very clear. The formation of the two different stratifications side by side and in striking contrast with each other present to us the definite sequ[[strikethrough]]w[[/strikethrough]]ence of what has been done by nature and man in this particular spot and incidentally illustrating how surface changes , perchance might be recorded. It certainly shows that [[strikethrough]]t[[/strikethrough]]if surface layer of this site is elsewhere so thin and meagre, it is not because that Nature has been sparing.

The vertical contact is indeed a unique one; it has not been found anywhere else, althou many burials were uncovered. Not only could [[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]]the later floods have undercut the otherwise undisturbed cultural strata, but by levelling and accumulating, digging wells and curios, the cultut[[strikethrough]]e[[/strikethrough]]ural soil were turned over, or migrated and constantly found themselves in company with things two or three thousand years their junior.

However, before we inqire into the causes of the disturbance [[strikethrough]]o[[/strikethrough]]of the cultural stratum, let us study the conditions in w[[strikethrough]]i[[/strikethrough]]hich the cultural stratum was originated. There are definite proofs to show that it was originated by a big flood, which was undoubtedly also the reason for the abandonment of the site. [[strikethrough]]O[[/strikethrough]]In the northern diggings, where the cultural stratum was superficially exposed, boulders weighing over twenty pounds [[strikethrough]]wer[[/strikethrough]]were found[[strikethrough]]ed[[/strikethrough]] deeply embedded in the [[strikethrough]]r[[/strikethrough]]grey layer. In all the diggings, sa[[strikethrough]]dn[[/strikethrough]]nd and gravels were found to be important elements in the formation of the cultural soil. Attention has already been called to the distribution of the various artifacts in S2 and S2Bn, where bones were found to be more abundant above while potshards more below. Such relative positions must have been determined largely by the carrying medium in the process of settling down as deposits. By and large, the bones have a relat[[strikethrough]]u[[/strikethrough]]ively lesser specific weight than potshards and stones; they naturally settled down more slowly. Such distribution is by no means limited to the pits S2 and S2Bn; it is true wherever the cultural soil is undisturbed. But the most definite