 Wheeler published his findings in 1946 . He noted that , for the local fishermen of the village , the antiquities were strange — as they consisted of lamps , glass items , gemstones , cutlery and crockery , wine containers , etc . He also observed that traders traveled from west coast and from Ceylon , Kolchoi ( Colchi ) and the Ganges area to trade goods such as gems , pearls and spices , and silk . He carried out excavations carefully , so that none of the antiquities were damaged . This was followed by investigations after the war , from 1947 – 1950 by Jean @-@ Marie Casal . His report of excavations was not as fully published as Wheeler 's . His report was not well @-@ known in India , as it was not written in English . However , his important conclusion was that the site belonged to an early megalithic period , as he had located megalithic burials marked by stones , locally known in Tamil as Pandukal close to the site . 
 Wheeler published his findings in 1946 . He noted that , for the local fishermen of the village , the antiquities <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> strange — as they consisted of lamps , glass items , gemstones , cutlery and crockery , wine containers , etc . He also observed that traders<a href='been_done' title='2'><mark></mark></a> traveled from west coast and from Ceylon , Kolchoi ( Colchi ) and the Ganges area to trade goods such as gems , pearls and spices , and silk . He carried out excavations carefully , so that none of the antiquities <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> damaged . This was followed by investigations after the war , from 1947 – 1950 by Jean @-@ Marie Casal . His report of excavations was not as fully published as Wheeler <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>. His report <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>not</mark></a>well @-@ known in India , as it was not written in English . However , his important conclusion was that the site belonged to an early megalithic period , as he <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>had</mark></a> located megalithic burials marked by stones , locally known in Tamil as Pandukal close to the site . 
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