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Rock Art and Megaliths

 
Nihildas N. (Author)
Synopsis

The research work entitled Rock art and Megaliths, Maraiyur, Kerala is an attempt to investigate the archaeological potential of the Mraiyur region, Idukki district Kerala. Maraiyur is located in the nirth-eastern parts of Devikulam Taluk of Idukki district, bordering Tamil Nadu. This study was focused on the megalithic and rock art cultures of Maraiyur and surroundings by adopting a regional approach. Also this work intended to address the issues like a detailed exploration and documentation of the rock Art sites and megalithic sites, and reconstruction of the cultural sequence of Maraiyur. This study yielded a detailed documentation and analysis of rock art and megalithic sites and which brought to light more than 30 Iron Age-Early Historic sites, two habitational evidences as well. The excavation of Megalithic burial and rock shelter produced evidences of early historic occupation in the area. This study also brought to light the close connectionof rock art with megaliths or that region. Further, this has not only helped in identifying new archaeological site in this region, but also the cultural synthesis with neighboring area of Palani hill and Amaravathi Valley in Tamil Nadu.

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About the author

Nihildas N.

Dr. Nihildas N. has completed masters in Archaeology from univesity of Kerala and Post Gradute Diploma and Ph.D. from Deccan College, Post Graduate Rsearch Insitute, Pune. He has participated in several archaeological excavations and explorations across the country, among them few Farmana in Haryana, Methakedi in Madhya Pradesh, Talpada in Odisha, Binjor in Rajasthan, Brahmagiri in Karantaka, and Maraiyur and Kottappuram in Kerala. He has more than 15 research articles and 10 national and International presentations to his credit so fa. In 2013, he joined Archaeological Survey of India as Assistant Archaeologist and later on went to Institute of Archaeology for Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology as an in-service candidate. Recently, he got selected for Deputy Superintending Archaeologyst in 2016 and joined Excavation Branch-I,Nagpur.

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Bibliographic information

Title Rock Art and Megaliths
Author Nihildas N.
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2018
Edition 1st. ed.
Language: English
isbn 9789386223739
length 218p., Illustrations; 82 Figure; 99 Plates; 28cm.