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Neolithic Axes of less than 4000 B.C discovered by V.L. Divya Vembyam who was a History student in Kerala University Pl. 7 Pl. 8 Quilon District The excavation within a rock-shelter at Thenmala on the north western part of river Shendurunny revealed that a stones age culture of the Mesolithic period once flourished here. It also sheds light on the fact that Shenduruuny river valley civilization dates back to 5210 B.P (3210 B.C) by C-14 which is older than the Indus valley civilization. The carvings of the same period are seen on the exterior surface of the shelter which glorify the Mesolithic art in Kerala. The shelter found here can accommodate at least fifty people at a time. According to Dr. Rajendran the marshy place seen below in front of the cave might have been a lake in the past. Now Shendurnny crowns the reputation that a civilization of the pre historic past nourished here, and 4
the region has cultural evidences of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Megalithic period. Archeological discoveries of Dr. Rajendran at different sites in Quilon district. Pl. 9 Pl. 10 Petroglyphs (carvings) of the Mesolithic at Maruthimala of Odanavattom near Kottarakkara Palaeo river channel (lost river) at Urukunnu near Punalur 5
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