Interested in knowing something about Bangaloreans who lived here 2000 or more years ago?
INTACH Bangalore is pleased to announce a two-day workshop, 'Introduction to archaeology and megaliths', that will help you do that!
We have all heard of Stonehenge in the UK but how many of us know that there are megaliths in and around Bangalore? When were these built and what do we know about the people who built these? How do archaeologists study these and other sites?
The first day of our workshop will go over some basics in archaeology and provide an introduction to prehistoric- Iron-Age practices in south India. The second day includes a field trip to a megalithic site near Bangalore.
The fee for this workshop is Rs 3000. This includes transportation to the field site, as well as lunch on both the days. Registrations for this workshop open at 9 am on 16 April 2014. Please email intach.blr@gmail.com if you would like to register.
The workshop will be conducted by Dr Smriti Haricharan, post-doctoral associate at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. Dr Haricharan conducts research on megalithic burials in southern India. She is also a part of a large-scale ‘pioneering metallurgy’ collaborative project between NIAS and the University of Exeter, UK. She is the recipient of the Fullbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research in University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, for the year 2014-2015. She is particularly interested in the need for public outreach in Indian archaeology.
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