bhubaneswar excavation wing of archaeological survey of india asi discovered bones of a huge animal which seems to be 4000 to 5000 old from a place near pipili about 15 kms from bhubaneswar apart from the bones the asi also discovered various remnants of the period like circular huts pointed stone weapons and pottery to know the exact date of the bones we would sent them for carbon dating we are also going to send some samples to us for beta analysis from preliminary study we are expecting them to belong to chalcolithic period said head of excavation wing of asi bhubaneswar region jiban patnaik the asi has also invited experts from deccan college post graduate and research institute deemed university pune who will be reaching in a day or two patnaik added after carbon dating and palaeolithic study we could know more about the animal whether it is a wild or domestic animal and its species also said patnaik asi had earlier got evidence of human civilization belonged to chalcolithic period dating back to nearly 3500 years during excavation in june 2014 for the last one month asi has been trying to dig dipper by doing extensive excavation at the site we have got many signs of habitation belonging to around 4000 to 5000 years back we are quite hopeful of getting evidence of habitation belonging to neolithic period which will be a major development patnaik added during earlier excavations the asi team had found some remnants like earthen pots fragments of pots made of red soil ancient stones showing signs of existence of a human civilization also the excavators found deer horns two animal teeth measuring two inches each and skeletal remains of birds and animals were found during the excavation