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Highlighting the tasks undertaken by Archaeology Department, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said the absorption was chiefly connected reconstructing quality past done technological methods, establishing tract museums, and collaborating with home and planetary laboratories for technological mentation of taste materials.
These analyses had led to respective important breakthroughs, helium said astatine the inauguration of the three-day planetary symposium connected ‘Recent technological studies successful archaeology of Tamil Nadu’, present connected Thursday. He besides inaugurated an archaeological accumulation and released books connected archaeology.
Mr. Thennarasu said, “While selecting a tract for excavation, we cautiously spot that it covers a wider geographical space, specified arsenic North, South, East, West and Central Tamil Nadu, and besides chronological abstraction from prehistoric times to the humanities period.”
He said respective semipermanent projects specified arsenic documentation of stone creation successful T.N., mentation of archaeological and humanities atlas of T.N., documentation of taste practice of T.N. and underwater archaeological expeditions were successful progress.
“We person established museums astatine Keeladi and Porunai, and projected to found Naavai depository astatine Alagankulam, Chola museums astatine Thanjavur and Gangaikondacholapuram, Memorial Stone depository astatine Dharmapuri, Noyyal depository astatine Perundurai and Cultural depository astatine Mamallapuram,” helium said, adding they would showcase the past of subject and technology, transoceanic and navigational maritime commercialized techniques, and taste translation taken spot successful the State.
He said AMS dating from Sivagalai had established a day of 3345 BCE for iron, demonstrating that T.N. possessed robust exertion astir 5,300 years ago. The find of paddy and millets successful excavations astatine Adichanallur and Sivagalai confirmed that aboriginal communities practised some adust and bedewed cultivation astir 3,500 years ago, helium said.
Over 15,000 graffiti-inscribed potsherds, on with AMS dates, indicated that the Iron Age successful South India was contemporaneous with the Indus Valley Civilisation. Approximately 90% of the graffiti signs recovered successful T.N. had parallels with Indus graffiti, and astir 60% correspond with Indus seal signs. More than 100 technological dates had been obtained implicit the past 5 years, spanning from the Microlithic to the Early Historical period, helium added.
He said astir 25 AMS dates had been recorded for the Iron Age, with astir 10 dates falling betwixt 2500 BCE and 3345 BCE. As galore arsenic 89 AMS dates from 79 Early Historic sites had been received from layers containing Tamil-Brahmi inscribed potsherds. Of them, 50% beryllium to pre-Asokan times.
More than 1,600 Tamil-Brahmi inscribed potsherds had been documented crossed T.N., with the earliest dating backmost to 685 BCE astatine Sivagalai. DNA studies were nether mode connected samples collected successful Sivagalai, Kondagai, Kodumanal, Mayiladumparai, and Kilnamandi, successful collaboration with Madurai Kamaraj University and Harvard University, helium said.
Experimental archaeology was being conducted connected Palaeolithic and Neolithic tools successful concern with Sharma Heritage Centre. Plans were successful spot for isotopic investigation successful collaboration with Deccan College and the University of Georgia. Other technological analyses see OSL dating with BSIP, Lucknow, and PRL, Ahmedabad, helium said.
He said Diatom studies with Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, suggested the ceramic transmission recovered astatine Keeladi was meant for concern activities. The findings of Indigo by the MKU yet narrowed down to the textile industry. Palaeobotanical studies with Deccan College from respective excavated sites and Phytolith investigation with the French Institute of Pondicherry were successful advancement to recognize the palaeoenvironment. Metallurgical and solid investigation were successful advancement with IIT Gandhinagar, helium said.
Additionally, residue analysis, XRD, XRF, and galore different technological techniques were being employed to deepen knowing of the taste heritage, helium said. Retired IAS serviceman and student R. Balakrishnan, eminent archaeologists Kishore Kumar Basa, K. Rajan, R. Sivanantham, Madurai Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, and Deputy Mayor T. Nagarajan were present.
