MEGALITHIC SITE

Oct. 9, 2018

A review of a megalithic site done by researchers at Morlabanda in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh has noticed 18 dolmenoid cists (burial places) surrounded by slab circles on a big granite hill also locally called ‘Panduvaraguddum’.

About:

  • A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.

  • The word megalithic describes structures made of such large stones without the use of mortar or concrete, representing periods of prehistory characterised by such constructions.

  • The construction of these structures took place mainly in the Neolithic period and continued into the Chalcolithic period and the Bronze Age.

Source : The Hindu

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