An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.22

v1.c9.s17.22

(6) Non-lithic urn burials: These are much simpler and less ritualistic than the other megalithic types in that the funerary objects including bones are kept in a pyri-form urn buried underground. In spite of the absence any lithic appendage in the form of underground stone chamber or stone circles on the ground they have to be classed as megaliths by virtue of the identity or similarity of their ceramic and metallic contents with those of other megalithic types. They are common in Dt Tirunelveli, the type site being ADICHANALLUR.