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Hallur
14.3300° N, 75.6200° E
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Hallur is an archaeological site located in the Haveri district (which was carved out of Dharwad district), in the Indian state of Karnataka. Hallur, one of South India's earliest Iron Age sites, 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. 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
Historical Timeline
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Iron implements dated
c. 1000 BCE
Transition to Iron Age
1200–1000 BCE
Site discovery
1962
Initial excavation
1965
Archaeozoological excavation and horse bones
1971
Further fieldwork and dating
late 1990s
Period I occupation
2000–1200 BCE
Archaeological Features
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Storage Structures
Burial and Funerary Structures
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
Food Production and Processing Features
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