Hallur

Hallur
ಹಲ್ಲೂರು
Hallur is located in India
Hallur
Shown within India
LocationKarnataka, India
Coordinates14°19′48″N 75°37′12″E / 14.33000°N 75.62000°E / 14.33000; 75.62000
History
PeriodsChalcolithic

Hallur is an archaeological site located in the Haveri district (which was carved out of Dharwad district), in the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] Hallur, one of South India's earliest Iron Age sites,[2] lies in a semi-arid region with scrub vegetation, located on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. The site is a small mound about 6.4 m high.[3] The site was first discovered by Nagaraja Rao in 1962, and excavated in 1965. Further sampling was carried out in the late 1990s for the recovery of archaeobotanical evidence and new high precision radiocarbon dates [4][5]

  1. ^ Kenneth A. R. Kennedy (2000), p272
  2. ^ Robert Bradnock (2000), p499
  3. ^ Peter Neal Peregrine, Melvin Ember, Human Relations Area Files Inc. (2001), p368
  4. ^ Fuller, D.Q., Korisettar, R., Vankatasubbaiah, P.C., Jones, M.K. (2004). Early plant domestications in southern India: some preliminary archaeobotanical results. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 13(2), 115-129
  5. ^ Fuller, D.Q, Boivin, N. & Korisettar, R. (2007). Dating the Neolithic of South India: new radiometric evidence for key economic, social and ritual transformations. Antiquity81(313), 755-778.