﻿STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  IN 
  LATERITE. 
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  found 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  had 
  doubtlessly 
  been 
  weathered 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   rock 
  they 
  rested 
  on, 
  for 
  they 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  presented 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  

   color 
  and 
  degree 
  of 
  weathering 
  as 
  the 
  accompanying 
  scattered 
  pebbles, 
  

   whose 
  being 
  weathered 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  conglomerates 
  could 
  not 
  reasonably 
  

   be 
  doubted. 
  

  

  ' 
  The 
  places 
  at 
  which 
  quartzite 
  implements 
  were 
  found 
  imbedded 
  in 
  

  

  situ 
  and 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  chiselled 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  laterite 
  were, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Narnaveram 
  river, 
  seven 
  in 
  number, 
  of 
  

  

  Implements 
  found 
  in 
  hich 
  th 
  especially 
  worth 
  mentioning; 
  

  

  situ 
  at 
  Caradepootoor. 
  r 
  j 
  & 
  •> 
  

  

  they 
  are, 
  \stly, 
  — 
  Caradepootoor 
  (six 
  miles 
  south 
  by 
  

  

  east 
  of 
  Sattavedu), 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  spread 
  of 
  coarse 
  lateritic 
  conglomerate 
  

  

  is 
  exposed 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tank. 
  Among 
  the 
  coarse 
  quartzite 
  

  

  shingle 
  here 
  cemented 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  typical 
  conglomerate 
  I 
  found 
  several 
  

  

  implements. 
  2ndlj/. 
  — 
  Amerumbode 
  (Amerumbardoo 
  of 
  the 
  map) 
  where 
  

  

  , 
  , 
  an 
  implement 
  was 
  found 
  imbedded 
  in 
  hard 
  clayey 
  

  

  Amerumbode. 
  * 
  

  

  laterite 
  fully 
  3 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  bed, 
  

   which 
  itself 
  was 
  overlaid 
  by 
  several 
  feet 
  of 
  red 
  sandy 
  loam. 
  

  

  Scattered 
  through 
  the 
  scrubby 
  jungle 
  between 
  this 
  place 
  and 
  

   Maderapaucum 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  are 
  many 
  " 
  Kurumbar 
  rings/' 
  or 
  circular 
  

   enclosures 
  of 
  large 
  rough 
  blocks, 
  of 
  laterite 
  in 
  this 
  case. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  

   contain 
  kistvaens 
  made 
  of 
  cut 
  blocks 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  laterite. 
  These 
  ancient 
  

   burying 
  places* 
  stand 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  bed 
  of 
  laterite 
  as 
  the 
  implement 
  

   found 
  at 
  Amerumbode 
  was 
  found 
  imbedded 
  in. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  locality 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Narnaveram 
  river, 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  wish 
  

  

  to 
  draw 
  attention, 
  occurs 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Cunnumbaucum, 
  six 
  miles 
  

  

  north 
  by 
  east 
  of 
  Amerumbode. 
  A 
  large 
  show 
  

  

  Cunnumbaucum. 
  of 
  very 
  typical 
  laterite 
  conglomerate 
  is 
  there 
  

   met 
  with 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  tank, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  I 
  discovered 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  Sir 
  Walter 
  Elliot, 
  k. 
  c. 
  s. 
  I., 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  Norwich 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  In- 
  

   ternational 
  CoDgress 
  for 
  Prehistoric 
  Archaeology, 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  its 
  volume 
  of 
  Transactions. 
  

  

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