© Kamla-Raj 2004 Anthropologist, 6(2): 105-112 (2004)
Morphometric Status of Human Skeletal Remains From Kodumanal, Periyar District, Tamil Nadu
V. Rami Reddy and B.K. Chandrasekhar Reddy
Department of Anthropology, S.V. University, Tirupati 517502,
Andhra Pradesh, India
KEYWORDS Kodumanal. Megaliths. Anthropometry. Physical Affinities.
ABSTRCT This paper presents the morophological and metric descriptions of three human skeletons, two females and one male, recovered from a pit burial in the excavations at the megalithic-cum-early historic site of Kodumanal in the Perundurai taluk of Periyar district, Tamil nadu. Apart fromthe study of three crania, the post-cranial bones of the male individual have been subjected to a good number of measurements, a detailed analysis and discussion. The findings of the study have been comparatively evaluated with those reported earlier on the skeletal remains of the megalithic period, with a view to understanding the physical affinities of these people.