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Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 16 August 2014  Page Views: 2077

Natural PlacesSite Name: Nedumala Caves
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 56.372 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Thodupuzha
Latitude: 9.945805N  Longitude: 76.659648E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2
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Prehistoric rock shelter discovered in Kerala by davidmorgan on Saturday, 16 August 2014
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A team of archaeologists has discovered a prehistoric rock shelter near the Nedumala caves at the Piralimattom hills in Majalloor grama panchayat of Ernakulam district, bordering Idukki.

The study, led by P.Rajendran, Kerala University research scientist and archaeologist, was a follow-up of research at three prehistoric caves and nearby archaeological cites.

Rock shelters are the remains of living spaces of prehistoric period and need further research, Dr. Rajendran said. Unlike menheirs, rocks shelters had rarely been discovered. The caves at Piralimattom had elaborate petroglyphs in cupules and shallow grinding surface forms, mainly on vertical walls and a few on the ceiling.

These types of petroglyphs were first discovered in Kerala at Mattidampara at Kadakkal in Kollam recently. This was the second such discovery in the State, Dr. Rajendran said, emphasising the need for further research at the sites.

The team identified several cupules and grinding surfaces connected to the prehistoric period and paleoart inside the caves.

Dr. Rajendran said such petroglyphs were found in prehistoric cultural stages beginning from early Palaeolithic of the Pleistocene period to the late Holocene cultures.

He said the shallow grinding surfaces within the caves pointed towards its chronology to the Neolithic period of around 4000 BC. He said excavations could also unravel early Stone Age evidences from the thick deposit of earth within the caves.

Dr. Rajendran said though the oldest cupules had been reported from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in Africa, Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh too had archaeological findings not much later than that period. He said the site needed to be protected for its archaeological importance.

He was supported by Anil Kumar K, and Jobin Alex.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/prehistoric-rock-shelter-discovered/article5920960.ece

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