Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days ago

Did Iron Age 'begin' in India? Tamil Nadu dig sparks debate

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Did Iron Age 'begin' in India? Tamil Nadu dig sparks debate

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days ago

Earliest iron use found in India? Tamil Nadu digs spark debate

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Tamil Nadu’s iron artefacts may predate Turkey's Anatolia, reshaping early Iron Age history.

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Lol, tis would make bigots mad, so please yes.
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  Well it’s them, the Hittites, or possibly sub-Saharan Africa so they’re going to stay mad.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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