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Adichanallur is an important archaeological site in Tamil Nadu.  It is 18 km. south of Tirunelveli and about 13 Km from Korkai an ancient  port of South India.161  There is an urn field here, 46 hectares in area.  It stretches along the southern bank of the river Tamraparani, near which there is a small hillock.  In 1876, it was noticed by Jager of the Berlin Museum.  Later around 1889-1905, Alexander Rea1 of the Archaeological Survey  of India and Louis Lapique (1903-04) of the Paris Museum took interest in the site.  Rea conducted an extensive excavation.  The antiquities unearthed there are now kept in the Madras Museum.  Alexander Rea observed that in the rocky areas, urn-burrials were arranged in rows.  The burial pit was usually concave in shape.  It had a small hole at the bottom to hold the pedemele of the urn firmly.  After lowering the urn into the pit, it had to be positioned safely.

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