Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS): Archaeologists and anthropologists of Tamil Nadu have joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in conducting a detailed research on the 0.30 g gold that was unearthed during excavation at Sivagalai.

The archeologists are tight-lipped over the type of ornament this small piece of gold was part of.

Archaeological excavations were being conducted in Sivagalai for the past three years.

Officials of the Tamil Nadu state archeological department told IANS that this was the first time a gold ornament piece was unearthed from the Sivagalai archeological site.

The anthropologists are also studying in detail the type of civilization that inhabited he area and the taste of the community in wearing ornaments.

The Sivagalai archeological cluster consists of Sivagalai parambu, Srimoolakkarai, Barakiramapandiyapuramm, and Pottalkottai Thiradu.

While Sivagalai Parambu and Srimoolakkarai are burial sites, Barakiramapandiyapuramm and Pottalkottai Thiradu are habitation areas.

According to the archaeologists, more than 200 different types of articles including glass beads, mud spots, bangle pieces, smoking pipes, gamesman, spindle whorl, bone points were unearthed.

The Tamil Nadu government has been involved in a series of excavations at many places in the state with the support of the ASI.