• Dr.K.Suresh

To understanding the cultural transition from Neolithic period to Iron Age or Megalithic period in South India particularly in Tamil Nadu is one of the difficult tasks in the field of Archaeology. The available of archaeological material suggests the existence of certain amount of cultural uniformity. But, drawing a chronological demarcation line between Neolithic period and Early Iron Age period has became a complex issue. The Neolithic period as well as Iron Age is generally determined by the presence of a specific cultural element, namely polished stone tools (so called Celt) and some kind of pottery in the case of Neolithic period and the presence of Iron and the availability of Black and Red ware are consider as the Iron Age culture. But still the presences of polished stone axes were continued even in the end phase of Iron Age culture, this is clearly shows that the impact of its previous cultural tradition. In this article I discuss about the continuation of the Neolithic culture in the form of its impact in the Iron Age period with special references to an Early Iron Age site called Thiyagathurugam in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.

Pre-history, Neolithic, Iron Age, Early historical period

"The Impact of Neolithic culture in the Iron Age period - with special reference to Thiyagathurugam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.291-296, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Q40.pdf

"The Impact of Neolithic culture in the Iron Age period - with special reference to Thiyagathurugam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp291-296, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Q40.pdf