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Megaliths off the coast of Tranquebar

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Megaliths off the coast of Tranquebar
 
Creator Tripati, S.
 
Subject Tranquebar
Megaliths
Offshore exploration
Poompuhar
Pottery
stone circles
 
Description During marine archaeological explorations cairn circles were noticed around Tranquebar region off Tamil Nadu.The diving operation yielded that small boulders have arranged in circular fashion and these are covered with shells and other marine deposits.These circles can be compared with the cairn circles of Korkai and Punjeri of Tamil Nadu.
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Date 2006-06-21T09:01:02Z
2006-06-21T09:01:02Z
1993
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Man and Environment, Vol.18(1), 147-150
0258-0446
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/142
 
Language en
 
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Format 194900 bytes
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Publisher Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies