New Proof Pushes Back Date of Human
Settlements in Thanjai Tamil University campus in Pillayarpatti
Recent archaeological
excavation undertaken at the Tamil University campus in Pillayarpatti has
pushed back the history of human settlements in the area to around 8,000 BC,
that is around 10,000 years from now.
A team of archaeologists
and students of the Department of Epigraphy And Archaeology, Tamil University
carried out excavation work in the University campus at Pillayarpatti from June 2015, with the permission from the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) and completed the work recently.
The site, measuring 5X5 square metre
dug up to one metre, yielded valuable evidences to study the history of human
settlements in the area. The laterite soil in the area contained quartz and
chert stones. Artefacts made from these stones were also found.
“During the excavation, we
found pointed tools such as arrows and scrappers used for scrapping fat from
animals or the bark of trees, flakes, borers made of stones” V Selvakumar,
Assistant Professor told Express. He pointed out that fossils of trees,
probably of banana, were also found in the area.
Further, he claimed that
since Pillayarpatti is at a higher altitude compared to Cauvery delta, the
people in the delta plains might have seasonally migrated to Pillayarpatti
during floods.
Similar migration might
have occurred to nearby areas like Manojippatti, Tirukkanoorpatti and
Punalkulam, Selvakumar pointed out the existence of an ancient stream near the
excavation site and also an ancient rain water harvesting well nearby. “It is
significant iron age tools, microlithic tools and tools from the end of
paleolithic age were found in subsequent layers, ”he added.
தமிழ்ப் பல்கலை வளாகத்தில் அகழாய்வு
10,000 ஆண்டுகட்டு முன்பே மக்கள் வாழ்ந்ததற்கான சான்றுகள் கண்டெடுப்பு
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