Chennai meet :: 17th June :: TUESDAY
  • >
    > Hi sps
    >
    > actually many archeologists feel finding stone age or iron age
    > settlements are not that rare.
    >
    > especially gift siromoney used to give a list of tips to find
    ancient
    > settlements. he suggests look for hills next to lakes. and then
    look
    > around for caves or rock over hangs on the hills.
    > using a compass which responds to magnetism he said we could find
    > iron smelting sites pretty fast. the slag ( by product of melting)
    > still remains.
    >
    > remember he found cavemen settlements next to gst road in
    guduvancher
    > and a host of them on hills in vandalur kelambakkam area.
    >
    > we are finding quite a few burial urns these days. surprisngly
    some
    > were found inside thirukadayur temple itself.
    > venketesh
    ======================

    Thank you Venkat.

    17th June Tuesday is convenient to Vizag Dhivakar .. not 19th June.

    pls advise.

    regards / sps
  • Hi

    Okay with me.
    will check if swetha is in town.

    madan, vk, nadarajan must also be available.

    venketesh
  • if somebody can take video/audio, we can put it archive site and it
    would be helpful for others who can't attend and we can revisit if
    there is any clarifications/questions.

    Any Volunteers?

    On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Sivapathasekaran
  • count me in.

    btw, Venkatesh, what about the Chidambaram trip this weekend? I totally
    forgot about it... (and btw, did you say that you had to be in Chidambaram
    on the weekend of 17th?
  • hi madan
    I remembered
    but the summer is still not receding
    i was in chidambaram for my college reunion last month 17th. it was
    unbearable heat.

    this 17th very much here.

    venketesh
  • Dear Venkatesh,

    cool. so, shall we postpone the trip? If so, there were five others -
    please take note sirs.

    college reuinion - hope you enjoyed it in spite of the heat!

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