| Identification / पहचान | |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | AP22006547 |
| Built Heritage/Site निर्मित धरोहर / स्थल |
Built Heritage |
| Name of the Monument / Built Heritage / Site स्मारक / निर्मित धरोहर / स्थल का नाम |
Hullikallu |
| State / राज्य | Andhra Pradesh |
| District / जिला | Ananthapuramu |
| Manual District | |
| Sub District / उप-जिला | Others |
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| Village / गाँव | Others |
| Manual Village | Hullikallu |
| Cultural Affiliation / सांस्कृतिक सम्बंधन | Prehistoric - प्रागैतिहासिक काल |
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| Geo-Location / भू-अवस्थिति | |
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| Approach to the Monument / पहुंचने का मार्ग | |
| Approach /पहुंचने का मार्ग | |
| Air Port / विमानपत्तन | |
| Railway Station / रेलवे स्टेशन | |
| Bus Station / बस स्टैंड | |
| Topographical Features / स्थलाकृतिक विशेषताएं | |
| Topographical Feature / स्थलाकृतिक विशेषताएं | |
| Topographical Description / स्थलाकृतिक विवरण | |
| History / इतिहास | |
| Brief History / संक्षिप्त इतिहास | |
| Local / Traditional description associated with Built Heritage / Site निर्मित धरोहर / स्थल से सम्बंधित स्थानीय/ परम्परागत विवरण |
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| Architectural Style / स्थापत्य शैली | |
| Building/ Structure/Site
इमारत / संरचना / स्थल |
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| Description of Building/ Structure/Site
इमारत/संरचना/स्थल का विवरण |
The Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Andhra pradesh, excaavated the ash-mound and habitation site of Hullikallu. The stratigraphy observed in the excavation of the ash-mound is as follows from top downwards layer I , recent humus of 5cm thick with ash and brownish morum layer 2 compact brownish clay, mixed with ash and kankar layer 3 , loose ashy clay, 30 cm in thickness layer 4 , a floor level, 5 cm in thickness made of rammed clay with chips of schist and plastered with lime, dark bownish clayey patches suggesting stagnation of water for some time layer 5 , loose ashy clay with nodules of ash and layer 6 , resting over the natural soil, dark brownish loose clay with ash and sand, also showing evidence for stagnation of water. Another smaller ash-mound was noticed just adjacent to the above one without any intervening space. A few post-holes were noticed at the southern periphery of the mound. Excavation at the south-eastern end of the mound revealed, below the ash deposit, rectangular cattle-pens indicated by post-holes at regular intervals of less than 10 cm . A dump of animal bones of bovine species and another dump of pot-sherds of black-and-red ware were noticed near the cattle-pens. Besides, a floor evel with a channal, 30 cm deep and 3 m long, with seven post-holes on one side, was also noticed. The cultural sequence obtained from the excavation of the habitation site revealed the neolithic chalcolithic culture succeeded by an overlap phase between the neolithic chalcolithic and the megalithic Iron Age culture. The upper levels are represented by the black-and-red ware culture. The pottery collected from the neolithic chalcolithic levels include unburnished grey or black, burnished grey, black, buff, pink, perforated and incised wares besides ochre painted and black-on-red painted ware. The pottery was generally handmade but a few miniature pots seem to have made on slow wheel. The types represented are jar with everted rim, globular vase and deep bowl with featureless rim, straight-sided vase, spouted vessel and channel spouted vessel. A large number of polished stone tools showing different stages of manufacture were recovered from the earliest levels as also from the surface. The tools include spheroid rubbers, anvils, axes and fabricators. Besides, microlithic blades and cores, made on chalcedony and chert, during excavation were also encountered. Other important antiquities, encountered include steatite disc beads, tabloid shell beads, carnelian beads and bone tools such as chisels, points and borers. Three burials, one of extended inhumation types and the remaining two of urn-burial type, were also encountered in the excavation. The extended burial, datable to the overlap phase, was oriented east-west, the head being on the west. The skelecton, almost intact but for a few missing small bones, measured 1.7 m in length. The grave furniture included a deep bowl of black-and-brown were, a vase of coarse rred ware and a polished stone adze. One of the urn-burials was found in a pit scooped out under a huge standing boulder. The urcontained skeletal remains and a skull of a child. The urn, a globular pot of grey ware with an everted rim, was found covered by a basin-like lid with a long 3 cm tubular spout. The tip of the spout and the underside of the lid were painted with ochre bands. Another urn-burialwas also found under the same boulder, i m west of the above-mentioned one. The urn had a few fragile skeletal remains such as ribs, ulna, etc,. but without skull. The burial furniture consited of four miniature pots of burnished grey ware decorated with ochre bands on the rims. There two burials were encountered in the upper levels of the neolithic chalcolithic phase. |
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| Building/Structure material and other material used प्रयोग में लाई गई इमारती / संरचनागत सामग्री और अन्य घटक |
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| Ownership / स्वामित्व | |
| Protection status / संरक्षण अवस्था | |
| Plan/Elevation विन्यास/उध्र्व विन्यास | |
| Published Reference / प्रकाशित संदर्भ | |
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| Name / नाम | IAR |
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PG. 62,63 |
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