|
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Full Screen- TITLE
- Fig. 3.4-3.11
- DEDICATION
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- Literature Review
- Research in the Early Twentieth Century
- Post- Independence Phase Of Research
- Recent Research
- The Region
- Research Problem
- Site Survey
- Excavations
- 2. MEGALITHS AND THE IRON AGE IN KERALA: A BROAD OVERVIEW
- A. Megaliths in General
- B. Megaliths in India
- C. Distribution and Classification
- 3. FROM SITE TO LANDSCAPE: MEGALITHS IN KASARAGOD
- The Region
- Fig. 3-3.1
- Physiography
- Rivers and Drainage Systems
- Backwaters, Lakes and Tanks
- Climate
- Soils
- Flora and Fauna
- Geology
- Pre History and Archaeology
- Early Research
- Rock Cut Cave
- Sites in Madikayi village
- From Site To Landscape
- The Early Encounters
- Phenomenological perspective
- The Case of The Megaliths in Kasaragod
- Orientation and directional settings
- 4. UMICHIPOYIL A CASE STUDY
- Exploration And Excavation Report
- Nature of The Site
- Local Tradition
- Kerala Rock Cut Caves
- Location
- Excavation
- 5. SURVIVAL OF THE NEOLITHIC IN THE MEGALITHIC AN EXCURSE ON UMICHIPOYIL EVIDENCES
- Placement of Pottery
- Presence and Absence of Pottery
- Pottery
- Lipped Bowl and Channel Spouted Vessel
- Double Spouted Carinated Vessel
- Ware Type, Quality and Production Process
- 6. CONCLUSION: NEW INTERPRETATIVE POSSIBILITIES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY