An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.30

v2.c28.30

The skulls [15.2] retrieved from the Adichanallur burials excavated by Rea were studied by Zuckerman, 1930, according to him the crania might pertain to the Dravidian type. In a later examination (Chatterjee and Gupta, 1963) of 13 skulls eight appear to be male and the remaining female. The skulls were much broken and distorted and had to be reconstructed for measurements. They have resemblances, according to them, with the Mediterranean and the Proto-Australoid (as the Veddid types). Since a neat classification between these two groups is not possible, they apparently represent a homogenous and mixed population. According to these authors the present Dravidian stock is of this kind of admixture. These two types appear to be widely available elsewhere in India and at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa.