| Farewell ritual and transmigrating souls: secondary funeral of the Attappadi Kurumbas M Poyil The Anthropologist 11 (1), 31-38, 2009 | 19 | 2009 |
| Megalithism and tribal ritualism: A passage through the Kurumbas of Attappadi M Poyil Advances in Historical Studies 2 (2), 54-56, 2013 | 7 | 2013 |
| Death funeral and the ancestors Cult of the dead and the malabar tribes M Poyil Kozhikode, 2006 | 6 | 2006 |
| Homage to the departed: a study of funeral customs among the tribes in Malabar, Kerala M Poyil Other Books, 2012 | 3 | 2012 |
| THODIKALAM MURAL PAINTINGS: FEATURES, MEANINGS AND TECHNIQUES M Poyil Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 72, 1239-1246, 2011 | 1 | 2011 |
| Death, Funeral, and Resurrection: Ritual Cosmos of Tribal Customs in Northern Kerala M Poyil The Routledge Handbook of Tribe and Religions in India, 193-202, 2025 | | 2025 |
| Ritual Cosmos of Tribal Customs in Northern Kerala M Poyil The Routledge Handbook of Tribe and Religions in India: Contemporary …, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Ethno Archaeology as Embedded History: The Kerala Experience M Poyil SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 9 (3), 63-70, 2021 | | 2021 |
| WAY OF ANCESTORS: MORTUARY PRACTICES OF KURUMBAR OF ATTAPPADY, KERALA M Poyil | | 2021 |
| 3. “Hero-Stone Inscriptions of South India: Features and Categories” DM Poyil Souvenir Epigraphical Society of India &Place Names Society of India,, 73-74, 2018 | | 2018 |
| The Kurumbar of Kerala: Tribal Culture, Everyday Life and Megalithic Tradition DM Poyil Post-Doctoral Research of UGC -IRISH-Nirmalagiri College, 2016 | | 2016 |
| Ritual and Everyday Life in the Wilderness: Ethnic Paintings of the Alu-Kurumbas”,,,(ISSN 2395-77189), DM Poyil Social Orbit (Journal of Social Sciences) 1, 186-200, 2015 | | 2015 |
| “PāluKuŗumbar: The Ethno Medical and Magico-Religious Practitioners of Attappadi Valley”, ,Vol.1, Issue.2, 2014 (ISSN: 2313-6758),pp-117-138. DM Poyil Social and Basic Sciences Research Review 1 (2), 117-138, 2014 | | 2014 |
| Archaeology of Death: An Approach to the Mortuary Rituals of the Attappady Kurumbas”, DM Poyil Archaeological Survey of India (Thrissur Circle), 2013 | | 2013 |
| Megalithic Tradition Among the Kurumbas of Attappady, Minor Research Project (UGC) DM Poyil | | 2012 |
| Burial Customs as Archaeological Data: Evidences from Tribal Settings of North Kerala” DM Poyil Archaeological Survey of India-Trissur Circle Thiruvanathapuram,, 2011 | | 2011 |
| 10. “Death customs and Gender status among the Tribes of Kerala, Conference Papers, sponsored by UGC,South Western Regional Office, Bangalore,Feb 3-4,2010,pp.101-106. | | 2010 |
| 1. “Death customs and economic deprivation: The Tribal Situation in Wayanad”, PaniyaSadas ,Conference Papers, University of Montreal, 2010, pp. 215-227. DM Poyil | | 2010 |
| 1. Homage to the Departed: A Study of Funeral Customs among the Tribes in Kerala, .(ISBN978-93-80081-01-4), Foreword by Dr.Shiren Ratnagar DM Poyil | | 2010 |
| ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH CUSTOMS: PERSPECTIVES FROM TRIBAL NORTH KERALA M Poyil Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1249-1249, 2009 | | 2009 |
