The
Prehistoric periods are classified as Palaeolithic (10 lakh years), Microlithic
(10000 Years), Neolithic (5000 – 3000 Years), Chalcolithic ( 3000 – 2000
Years BCE, not confirmed), Megalithic
2500 Years and Pre Megalithic (1000 – 300 CE). To understand the prehistory
of Tamil Nadu as a whole and the Palaeolithic age of this region in particular,
the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology established a small site museum at
Poondi in 1985, for the benefit of the public, students and scholars. The prehistoric site museum at Poondi is unique as it features the prehistoric heritage of this area. It is the only site
Museum in India that portrays regional prehistory.
The
Tools and artefacts on display include handaxes, cleavers, scrapers,
discoids, borers, and core materials found in and around Poondi. These artefacts
are made of quartzite rock pebbles encountered
in the form of Conglomerate. Apart from Palaeolithic Tools, microlithic
implements, Neolithic Celts, megalithic pottery, sarcophagi, three-legged urns, Iron implements, and fossil remains of wood, snails, and leaves are other
important displays of this museum. The
tools fall in a class of artefacts called Acheulian that Scientists believes
that these were invented by the by the Homo Erectus - ancestors of modern humans - in Africa about 1.6 million years ago.
Archaeologists have discovered India’s prehistoric-age stone tools, up to 1.5
million years old, in these sites in South India. This discovery may change
existing ideas about the earliest arrival of human ancestors from Africa to
India. 
Life-sized models of early Hominids, scenes of hunting animals, elephants,
dinosaurs, and rock art with prehistoric paintings were erected in the open
space in front of the museum established in the year 1993. Visiting Hours: 10.00 hrs to 17.00 Hrs and FRIDAY Holiday.
LOCATION OF
THE MUSEUM: CLICK HERE
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