- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bead of shell, in box with others [1924.42.8 - .18], some of which are fragmentary [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/6/2005]
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Iron Age
- Date collected
- By 1924
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 120 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.42.8
- Research and responses
The article in which Richards reports the excavation of the graves in which this object was found (see Publications for full reference) records the Iron Age cemetery as being located a mile south of Odugattur village (approx. lat. 12.752471, long. 78.901488). This name of this village is now more commonly spelt Odugathur and is located in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu state. [MN 03/11/2009]
- Associated publications
- Frederick John Richards published the report on his excavation of Iron Age Graves at Odugattur the 1924 issue of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Richards describes the Chank shell objects he excavated from the graves and provides photographs of a selection in plates XXXI (fig. 3) and XXXII. It is not currently known if the Chank shell artefacts in the PRM are any of those illustrated. Full reference: Richards, F. J. 1924. Note on Some Iron Age Graves at Odugattur, North Arcot District, South India. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 54: pp. 157-165. This article is available on JSTOR, the stable URL is http://www.jstor.org/stable/2843665. [MN 03/11/2009]
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