Each Ravi phase stratigraphic layer was identified and excavated, and the many rodent holes, obvious both in the exposed area and in the section, were isolated. Here delicate trowel work has revealed the circular outlines of the top of a storage pit. >

Normally in archaeology pits are emptied before earlier surrounding layers are excavated. In this case, however, in order to expose vertical sections of both the Ravi phase pit and of the earlier deposits, excavation of the floors around the pit… >

The cross section of the Ravi phase pit shows multiple episodes of filling and plastering. The contents were collected for flotation, which recovered seeds of barley and wheat as well as some charred wood. >