Archaeological Excavations conducted by the Department of Archaeology

One of the major activities of the Department is to carry out archaeological excavations in historically important sites in Tamil Nadu.

So far, the Department conducted excavation at 40 sites and of which 36 excavation reports were brought in book form.

The excavated sites are as follows.

S.No	Place of excavation	District	Year	Nature of Site
1	Korkai	Tuticorin	1968 – 1969 , 2020 – 2021	Early Historic
2	Panchalankurichi	Tuticorin	1968 – 1969	Modern
3	Vasavasamudram	Kanchipuram	1969 – 1970	Early Historic
4	Anaimalai	Coimbatore	1969 – 1970	Megalithic
5	Pallavamedu	Kanchipuram	1970 – 1971	Medieval
6	Karur	Karur	1973 – 1974, 1994 – 1995	Early Historic
7	Panayakulam	Dharmapuri	1979 – 1980	Early Historic
8	Boluvampatti	Coimbatore	1979 – 1980, 1980 – 1981	Medieval
9	Kovalanpottal	Madurai	1980 – 1981	Megalithic
10	Thondi	Ramanathapuram	1980 – 1981	Early Historic
11	Gangaikondacholapuram	Ariyalur	1980 – 1981, 1986 – 1987, 2008 – 2009, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022, 2022 – 2023, 2023 – 2024	Medieval
12	Kannanur	Tiruchirappalli	1982 – 1983	Medieval
13	Kurumbanmedu	Thanjavur	1984 – 1985	Medieval
14	Palayarai	Thanjavur	1984 – 1985	Medieval
15	Alagankulam	Ramanathapuram	1986 – 1987, 1990 – 1991, 1993 – 1994, 1995 – 1996, 1996 – 1997, 1997 – 1998, 2014 – 2015, 2016 – 2017	Early Historic
16	Tirukkovilur	Villupuram	1992 – 1993	Early Historic
17	Kodumanal	Erode	1992 – 1993, 1996 – 1998, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021	Megalithic & Early Historic
18	Sendamangalam	Villupuram	1992 – 1993, 1994 – 1995	Medieval
19	Padavedu	Tiruvannamalai	1992 – 1993	Medieval
20	Tiruttangal	Virudhunagar	1994 – 1995	Microlithic
21	Poompuhar	Nagappatinam	1994 – 1995, 1997 – 1998	Early Historic
22	Maligaimedu	Cuddalore	1999 – 2000	Early Historic
23	Teriruveli	Ramanathapuram	1999 – 2000	Early Historic
24	Mangudi	Tirunelveli	2001 – 2002	Microlithic
25	Perur	Coimbatore	2001 –2002	Early Historic
26	Andipatti	Tiruvannamalai	2004 – 2005	Early Historic
27	Modur	Dharmapuri	2004 – 2005	Neolithic
28	Marakkanam	Villupuram	2005 – 2006	Medieval
29	Parikulam	Thiruvallur	2005 - 2007	Palaeolithic
30	Nedunkur	Karur	2006 – 2007	Megalithic
31	Mangulam	Madurai	2006 – 2007	Early Historic
32	Sembiankandiyur	Nagappatinam	2007 – 2008	Megalithic
33	Tarangampadi	Nagappatinam	2008 – 2009	Modern
34	Rajakkalmangalam	Tirunelveli	2009 – 2010	Medieval
35	Talaichankadu	Nagapattinam	2010 – 2011	Medieval
36	Alambarai	Kancheepuram	2011 – 2012	Modern
37	Srirangam	Trichy	2013 – 2014 , 2014 – 2015	Medieval
38	UkkiranKottai	Tirunelveli	2014 – 2015	Medieval
39	Pattaraiperumbudur	Tiruvallur	2015 – 2016, 2017 – 2018, 2022 – 2023	Later Palaeolithic
40	Keeladi	Sivagangai	2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 - 2020, 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024	Early Historic
41	Adichanallur	Thoothukudi	2019 - 2020, 2020 - 2021	Iron Age
42	Sivagalai	Thoothukudi	2019 - 2020, 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022	Iron Age
43	Mayiladumparai	Krishnagiri	2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022	Neolithic
44	Vembakkottai	Virudhunagar	2017 - 2018, 2018 - 2019, 2019 - 2020, 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024	Early Historic
45	Thulukkarpatti	Tirunelveli	2021 - 2022, 2022 - 2023	Early Historic
46	Perumbalai	Dharmapuri	2021 - 2022	Early Historic
47	Kilnamandi	Tiruvannamalai	2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024	Iron Age
48	Porpanaikkottai	Pudukottai	2022 - 2023	Early Historic
49	Boothinatham	Dharmapuri	2022 - 2023	Neolithic
50	Tirumalapuram	Tenkasi	2024	Early Historic
51	Chennanoor	Krishnagiri	2024	Neolithic
52	Kongalnagaram	Tiruppur	2024	Early Historic
53	Marungur	Cuddalore	2024	Early Historic