I Pattanam
Archaeological excavations in various port sites along the Indian Ocean rim and beyond during the last four decades - have generated an exponential surge of new maritime data.
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Archaeological excavations in various port sites along the Indian Ocean rim and beyond during the last four decades - have generated an exponential surge of new maritime data.
The Pattanam archaeological research with the limited excavations conducted since 2007 has generated evidence about the proliferation of an urban settlement in the Periyar delta region circa 2000 years ago.
The Korugu colony at Perdala near Badiyadukka comprises of circa 25 families with a total population of about 150 persons. Though the colony is within Kerala, the people speak Tulu. This tribal community leads an extremely excluded life though physically not far from the mainstream society.
Living in the digital times, we are flooded with photographic images – our everyday communication is constantly punctuated and often driven by visuals, captured through umpteen cameras, not the regular cameras as earlier, but those in our iPads, tablets, or most predominantly, mobile phones.
Archaeo-biological finds hold the key to many questions related to our past, present and future. They are a treasure of information pertaining to varied forms of life in their environmental entirety.
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