KANAVAIPATTI SHELTER
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Description
Archaeologically excavated rock shelter which yielded a Mesolithic habitational deposit. Figure 3 of SELVAKUMAR (1996: 32), titled »View of the rock shelter at Kanvaipatti« (sic!), shows what appears to be an overhanging granite boulder. SITUATION: About 3 km north-west of Kanavaipatti or Kanvaipatti village (note 1) in the Upper Gundar basin (note 2) at the foot of a certain »Kudiraimalai range« (not tracked down).
NOTE 1: The village of Kanavaipatti or Kanvaipatti is neither listed on nima.mil/geonames (accessed 16.11.2003) nor indicated on AMS sheet NC43-12 Rajapalaiyam U502 series, 1955 edition). SELVAKUMAR (1996: 29) associates either the village or the shelter of Kanavaipatti or Kanvaipatti with the absurd position N09°55'72" (sic!): E77°52'20' (unspecified geodetic datum, probably Everest 1830) but shows the site (figure 2) somewhere near N09°55'00”: E077°47'10”. NOTE 2: The Upper Gundar basin covers part of the area between N09°30': E077°30' and N10°00': E078°00' falling on the Survey of India sheets 58-G09, 58-G/10, 58-G13, and 58-G/14.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | GOPALAPURAM SHELTER | ||
| 11.3 | VIRAPATTI SHELTER | ||
| 17.2 | PERAYUR 3 (Cave at) | ||
| 18.1 | PERAYUR 2 (Cave at) | ||
| 19.0 | T-KALLUPATTI ROCK SHELTER | ||
| 19.8 | PERAYUR 4 (Cave at) | ||
| 21.8 | PERAYUR 1 (Cave at) | ||
| 22.0 | KANAVAI KATHA BOOTHAM CAVE 1 | ||
| 22.0 | KANAVAI KATHA BOOTHAM CAVE 2 |