TNPSC Thervupettagam

Megalithic hat stones

August 24 , 2023 490 days 571 0
  • A large number of megalithic hat stones were found from a single site during a recent archaeological salvage excavation at Nagaparamba in Kuttippuram village of Kerala.
  • Hat stones are popularly called Thoppikkallu in Malayalam.
  • They are hemispherical laterite stones used as lid on burial urns during the megalithic period.
  • It could ostensibly throw light on the life and culture of people who lived in those parts more than 2,000 years ago.

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