The streets were almost deserted, except in the vicinity of the temple, which they only reached after having traversed several quarters surrounded by palisades.
They identified what seems to have been a palisade wall and excavated more than 3,000 artifacts,including weaponry,stone tools,and fragments of ceramic pipes and vessels.
And as he sat there looking upon Korak the silence was broken by the trumpeting of an elephant in the jungle beyond the palisade. A half smile touched Korak's lips.