Menhir And Megalithic : Burial Sites At Kodumanal
The Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology declared five menhir and megalithic burial sites at Kodumanal in Erode district as protected monuments.
- Menhirs are upright stones from the Megalithic period.
- They are erected above a burial site or near a burial site as a memorial.
- Megaliths are large stones that are used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
- Megaliths were constructed as either burial sites or commemorative
- The construction of these structures took place mainly in the Neolithic period. It continued into the Chalcolithic period and the Bronze Age.
- In India: archaeologists trace the majority of the megaliths to the Iron Age (1500 BC to 500 BC), though some sites precede the Iron Age, extending up to 2000 BC
- Megaliths are spread across the Indian subcontinent.
- The majority of megalithic sites are found in Peninsular India.
- It is concentrated in the states of Maharashtra , Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana
