There have been numerous prehistoric settlements and societies in India dating back to many centuries. Archaeologists have been able to unearth some of them and gained knowledgeable insights about many aspects of the bygone times by studying them. Recently, according to a News18 Tamil 18 report, Tamil Nadu’s Velleri natives came across an excavation site by digging the soil 20 feet deep.
They found a massive casing (covering that protects something) and ring wells buried in the ground. The soil on the casing and the wells was washed off by the rainfall. The locals reported this discovery to the government and the public as well. Velleri village is located next to the Puducherry.
Following this discovery, students from the Tagore Government Arts and Science College visited the area and conducted additional research about the findings. The students were accompanied by an assistant professor and archaeologist P Ravichandran. The team thoroughly examined the findings and also dug more into the archaeological site.
The archaeologist Ravichandran talked about his research work in an interview with a portal. He said, “People lived in this area in the third century. They have buried many wells in the area for water use. There are many findings which point out that men belonging to the Iron Age lived here,” he said.
According to history.com, the Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C. During the Iron Age, people hailing from Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel.
P Ravichandran also talked about this discovery in an interview with The Times of India. He said, “We excavated three lower levels of a ring well belonging to the Iron Age (megalithic period). The outer sides of the ring wells were filled with pottery belonging to the Iron Age.”
Thondamanatham was one of the ancient human settlements specialising in building pottery items. The village might have supplied pottery items to the ancient port of Arikamedu. Arikamedu was accidentally discovered during an archaeological unearthing in 1945.
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