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Title Connections and complexity : new approaches to the archaeology of South Asia / edited by Shinu Abraham, Praveena Gullapalli, Teresa P. Raczek, Uzma Z. Rizvi
Published Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2013]
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Contents Connections and Complexity : New approaches to the archaeology of South Asia / Shinu Abraham, Praveena Gullapalli, Teresa Raczek, Uzma Rizvi -- To What Extent Were the Prehistoric Sri Lankans Isolated from the Indian Mainland? Biotic and Archaeological Considerations / Kenneth A.R. Kennedy -- Commodities and Things : The Kulli in Context / Rita P. Wright -- New Evidence for Interaction Between The Iranian Plateau and the Indus Valley : Seals and Sealings from Konar Sandal South / Holly Pittman -- The Sindh Archaeological Project : Explorations in the Lower Indus Basin and Western Sindh / Louis Flam -- Iconography of the Indus Unicorn : Origins and Legacy / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer -- Forest Products in a Wider World : Early historic connections across southern India / Kathleen D. Morrison and Mark T. Lycett -- The Substance and Symbolism of Long-Distance Exchange : Textiles as Desired Trade Goods in the Bronze Age Middle Asian Interaction Sphere / Monica L. Smith -- Weighty Matters : Evidence for Unity and Regional Diversity from the Indus Civilization Weights / Heather M.-L. Miller -- Starch Grain Analysis and Experiments Provide Insights into Harappan Cooking Practices / Arunima Kashyap and Steve Weber
Red Polished Ware in Gujarat : Surface Collections from Inland Sites / Nancy Pinto-Orton -- Spiraling Interconnectedness : A Fresh Look at Double-Spiral-Headed Pins in the Indian Subcontinent / Heidi J. Miller -- In Search Of Craft and Society : The Glass Beads of Early Historic Tamil South India / Shinu Abraham -- Lamination as Production Technique : Patterns and Possibilities / Praveena Gullapalli -- Bronze Age Pastoralism and Differentiated Landscapes along the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor / Michael Frachetti -- The Ghost of the State in Deep Antiquity : A Closer Look at the Harappan Civilization from the Viewpoint of Sanskrit Literature / Piotr A. Eltsov -- Crafting Communities and Producing Places : Copper, Settlement Patterns, and Social Identity in the Ganeshwar Jodhpura Cultural Complex, Rajasthan, India / Uzma Z. Rizvi -- Technology and Everyday Crafts : Identifying Traces of Shared Histories in the Archaeological Record / Teresa Raczek -- Regional Diversity in the Harappan World : The Evidence of the Seals / Marta Ameri -- Monumentality and the Third Millennium "Towers" of the Oman Peninsula / Charlotte Marie Cable and Christopher P. Thornton -- Small Scale Interactions Across the North Gujarat Plain / Suzanne Harris
Summary This compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe of archaeological scholarship. Contributions focus on four major themes: reinterpreting material culture; identifying domains and regional boundaries; articulating complexity; and modeling interregional interaction. These studies develop theoreti
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Subject Social archaeology -- South Asia
Landscape archaeology -- South Asia
Indus civilization.
Iron age -- India
Material culture -- South Asia -- History -- To 1500
Material culture -- India -- History -- To 1500
Regionalism -- South Asia -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Antiquities
Indus civilization
Iron age
Landscape archaeology
Material culture
Regionalism
Social archaeology
SUBJECT South Asia -- Antiquities
India -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064871
Subject India
South Asia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Abraham, Shinu, editor.
Gullapalli, Praveena, editor
Raczek, Teresa P., editor.
Rizvi, Uzma Z., 1973- editor.
LC no. 2012028631
ISBN 9781598746884
159874688X
9781611326826
1611326826
9781315431857
1315431858
Other Titles New approaches to the archaeology of South Asia