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DigsSite Name: Thovalappady
Country: India
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Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Idukki  Nearest Village: Ramakkalmedu
Latitude: 9.768990N  Longitude: 77.275090E
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A cell joined by stone slabs with a capstone, where earthen burial urns (nannagadis) have been excavated, along with copper beads close by. The excavation is in Thovalappady, near Ramakkalmedu in Idukki district and is the first time copper beads have been found in a Megalithic site in India.

The general perception has been the Copper Age (Chalcolithic Age) was just after the Iron Age.

Archaeologists and historians have had a common perception that the latter period of the Neolithic Age was immediately followed by the early Iron Age in South India. This new discovery contradicts this, indicating that copper was also made during the period.

See more details in the comment below and read the full story in The Hindu.
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Copper beads spring a surprise in Megalithic excavation by Andy B on Sunday, 26 February 2012
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Jewellery unearthed near Ramakkalmedu in Idukki. As part of the second phase of excavation of the Megalithic sites in the district, more earthen burial urns (nannagadis) have been unearthed near Ramakkalmedu.

The excavation is being done as part of the “Discovering Idukki” project of the district panchayat to preserve the historical remains in a heritage museum to be opened at Painavu.

A major discovery at the excavation done on Saturday by a team led by T. Rajesh, historian, was the finding of copper beads near the main urn at a cell joined by stone slabs with a capstone.

“This was the first time copper beads were found in a Megalithic site. The general perception was that the Copper Age (Chalcolithic Age) was just after the Iron Age. That there was no such discovery from a Megalithic site so far has highlighted the importance of further studies on different Megalithic sites in the district,” Mr. Rajesh said.

He said the beads excavated were fine jewellery. Archaeologists and historians had a common perception that the latter period of the Neolithic Age was immediately followed by the early Iron Age in South India. The new discovery contradicted that perception, and the beads gave a clear idea that copper was made during the period.

He said the jewellery showed the presence of a civilised society in the Megalithic period. It proved the artistic skill of a society which was cut off from the mainstream and a rhythm of life completely different from that of other societies of that period. The interaction with the world outside was evident from the new discovery. The beads were of the same size and shape. The holes inside the beads were fine-tuned to make jewellery in a period when life was more on a survival level when engagements in artistic works were impossible.

It showed that the transition of culture from the Neolithic to the Iron Age was a gradual one. The Neolithic-cum-Chalcolithic cultures in the Deccan plateau had further extended to the south throughout the second millennium BC, Mr. Rajesh said.

More in The Hindu, with a photo of the urns
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2935549.ece
and the beads can be seen here
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2935549.ece?viewImage=1
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