Badhreenath, Sathyabhama and Achyuthan, Hema and Haricharan, Smriti and Mohandas, K. P.
(2011)
Saluvankuppam coastal temple excavation and application of soil micromorphology.
Current Science, 100 (7).
pp. 1071-1075.
ISSN 0011-3891
| Abstract: |
The 26 December 2004 tsunami exposed an inscription
of the 10th century engraved on a rock boulder at
Saluvankuppam, 6 km north of Mamallapuram. The
inscription indicates the existence of a Subramanya
temple. The temple and the mound around the granite
inselberg were excavated by the Archaeological Survey
of India, Chennai Circle. The excavation exposed
the entire Subramanya temple complex constructed
over a period of time (4th/5th CE to 12th/13th CE). The
temple complex and the litho sections reveal phases of temple building activity. The cement and lime used for
the temple complex contain fragments of shells. Soil
micromorphology technique was applied to understand
the type of textures and fabric in soil sediments,
bricks, potsherds, well rims, bone fragments, etc.,
using a polarized microscope. Thin sections of the
laterite bricks which formed the foundation indicate
high content of hematite, magnetite, kaolinite patches
and the porosity of the laterite brick varies from 5%
to 10% only, whereas thin sections of potsherds indicate
that the firing temperature was fairly low and
that the pots were well fired. Geoarcheology study of
this temple complex indicates that a number of naturally
occurring raw materials have been used for constructing
this temple that were locally available. |
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| Subjects: |
School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
09 Jul 2012 08:35 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2015 10:00 |
| Official URL: |
http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/100/07/107... |
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