5--A variety of materials were employed to make beads. Which of the following do you find inappropriate. a) carnellan stone b) brass c) bronze d) steatite
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Explanation:
large variety of material were used to make beads. It included red colour stone like carnelian, jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite. Besides copper, bronze, gold, shell, faience, terracota or burnt clay was also used.
The Process of Making Beads differed according to the materials. It had the following stages:
(i) First, Giving shapes to the beads, the process differed with the materials for example steatite being soft material was easily worked.
(ii) Second phase- in this process colour was given to the beads, for example redness of Carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of productions.
(iii) Third phase- Nodules were chipped into rough shapes and then they were finely flaked into the final form.
(iv) The last phase of the process included grinding, polishing and drilling. The specialised drills have been found at many sites like Chanhudaro, Lothal and Dholavira.