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Our threatened archaeological heritage: A case study from the Tamil Nadu Coast

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Title Our threatened archaeological heritage: A case study from the Tamil Nadu Coast
 
Creator Sundaresh
Gaur, A.S.
Nair, R.R.
 
Subject archaeology
coasts
coastal erosion
man-induced effects
disasters
 
Description From the beginning of the Christian era, a number of sites having contact with the Roman world were in existence on the coastal belt of India. There are several indirect references in the literature which suggest that the shifting of shoreline was one of the major threats to habitaion. The present paper deals with the archaeological evidences for the shifting shorelines on the east coast of India. The basic data were collected during underwater archaeological exploration of Poompuhar (Tamil Nadu, India) during the last five years. A reference to the ancient map of Tranquebar prepared by Danish rulers in mid 17th century has been made to establish the shoreline shift. We present here information about archaeological structures on the Tamil Nadu Coast which have withstood the test of time but are nevertheless in danger of being destroyed during the present time. The reason for this is discussed and we are of the opinion that they are due to the combination of man made and natural causes.
 
Date 2009-01-12T09:25:39Z
2009-01-12T09:25:39Z
1997
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, Vol.73; 593-598p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2066
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Current Science Association, Bangalore