Current Affairs for TNPSC June 2023 Collection related to Archeology | TNPSC Current Affairs June 2023

Vembakota Archaeological Site:
Two gold pieces have been found during the second phase of excavation at Vembakottai by the Department of Archeology of the Tamil Nadu Government.

• It is near Chatur in Virudhunagar district.
• Gold objects have been found here at a depth of 1.15 m to 1.59 m.
• One gold piece was found in a conical shape and another in a rectangular shape.
• An ivory dice, a terracotta (clay) smoking pipe, an earring and a stone weight stone were also found during this second phase of excavation.

Artifacts of the Chola period

• In the second phase of excavations being carried out in North Patt, nearly 400 antiquities have been found, including a Chola coin belonging to the reign of King Raja Raja Chola.
• It is located near Oragadam in Kanchipuram district.
• Among the findings of the second phase of excavation are AD. 9 and AD. Also included are two coins from the Chola period between the 10th century.
• One of these coins was used during the Raja Raja Chola period.
• A copper bow, copper lid, glass beads and bangles were also found here.

Lower Jaw Excavation Site

• Iron tools, mostly knives and axes, carnelian beads, pots and stone gourd cutters have been recovered from the excavation site in the Lower Jaw.
• This indicates the presence of human settlements in the late Iron Age at the excavation site.
• The team also found 12 rectangular stone coffins at the site.
• The site belongs to the Iron Age due to the abundance of black and red pottery and semphuchu pottery found here.
• Kilanamandi is located about 20 km from Vandavasi town in Tiruvannamalai.

Monolith and Paleolithic burials

• The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archeology has declared five 'menhirs' (single stones) and Perung Neolithic burial sites at Kodu Sandal in Erode district as protected monuments.
• Kodumanal is located on the north bank of Noyalaat about 42 km from Erode. is far away.
• Along with Roman silver coins, precious stones and quartz stones, potsherds with names inscribed in the Tamil-Brahmi script were found in large numbers.
• These findings indicate that there was an industrial and trading center here about 2,300 years ago.

Child's bones found in old man's bed

• Bones of a child have been found in a small old man's bag found at the Adichanallur excavation site.
• It has ornaments especially small size bangles.
• A small skull and arm bone were found inside, and it is believed to be a child between the ages of five and eight.
• Four bangles made of a mixture of bronze and silver were found in it.
• Adhichanallur in Tuticorin district is an important archeological excavation site, especially for elderly people.