Pre-historic Garo artefacts unearthed

August 21, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 08:21 am IST - SHILLONG:

Ancient artefacts that could help in identifying the spatial distribution of the indigenous Garo tribals and their culture have been unearthed recently.

Labourers engaged in a road project at Rongkhon Songgital village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district stumbled upon those pre-historic artefacts which included earthenware, materials made of iron and smoking pipes.

It has been reported to the Archeology department of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) and a team led by Prof Tilok Thakuria has examined the artefacts.

“The discovery is significant for the study of ancestral sites in the region. Preliminary observation suggests that the indigenous Songsarek Garo tribals used earthenware,” Mr Thakuria said.

“Iron artefacts like ‘dao’ and other blades indicates that they had knowledge about metallurgy. We even found a metal bangle from the site,” he said. - PTI

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