Pattanam Identified from Accounts of Portuguese Missionary Bishop Francisco Ros S.

 Usually archaeological sites are  identified  from travel accounts, historical literature, surveys, or using GIS.But Pattanam was identified from theological works.P.J.Cherian himself reveals that he came across Pattanam from documents of a Portuguese missionary Bishop Francisco Ros S. (1603-1604) translated by Jacob Kollapparambil and published in 1986 from Kottayam (P.J.Cherian 2008-Muziris Heritage Project and Archaeological Research at Pattanam-An Overview. Paper Presented at International Seminar on Muziris Heritage Project, Thiruvananthapuram)