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Author : Robin Coningham,Ruth Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521846974
This book synthesises the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE) to the third century BCE.
Author : Franklin Southworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134317776
Linguistics Archaeology of South Asia brings together linguistics and archaeological evidence of South Asian prehistory.
Author : Shinu Anna Abraham,Praveena Gullapalli,Teresa P Raczek,Uzma Z Rizvi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315431833
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 theoretical models that may be applicable researchers studying cultural complexity elsewhere in the world.
Author : Frank Raymond Allchin,George Erdosy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521376955
A study of the cities and states of South Asia between c.800BC and AD 250.
Author : Alok Kumar Kanungo,Laure Dussubieux
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811636561
This book provides a comprehensive research on Ancient Indian glass. The contributors include experienced archaeologists of South Asian glass and archaeological chemists with expertise in the chemical analysis of glass, besides, established ethnohistorians and ethnoarchaeologists. It is comprised of five sections, and each section discusses different aspects of glass study: the origin of glass and its evolution, its scientific study and its care, ancient glass in literature and glass ethnography, glass in South Asia and the diffusion of glass in different parts of the world. The topic covered by the different chapters ranges from the development of faience, to the techniques developed for the manufacture of glass beads, glass bangles or glass mirrors at different times in south Asia, a major glass producing region and the regional distribution of key artefacts both within India and outside the region, in Africa, Europe or Southeast Asia. Some chapters also include extended examples of the archaeometry of ancient glasses. It makes an important contribution to archaeological, anthropological and analytical aspects of glass in South Asia. As such, it represents an invaluable resource for students through academic and industry researchers working in archaeological sciences, ancient knowledge system, pyrotechnology, historical archaeology, social archaeology and student of anthropology and history with an interest in glass and the archaeology of South Asia.
Author : Gregory L. Possehl
Publisher : Science Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015028920612
"This collection of papers has been brought together in recognition of the lifelong contribution of Walter A. Fairservis to South Asian archaeology"--Dedication.
Author : Junko Habu,Peter V. Lape,John W. Olsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781493965212
The Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology focuses on the material culture and lifeways of the peoples of prehistoric and early historic East and Southeast Asia; their origins, behavior and identities as well as their biological, linguistic and cultural differences and commonalities. Emphasis is placed upon the interpretation of material culture to illuminate and explain social processes and relationships as well as behavior, technology, patterns and mechanisms of long-term change and chronology, in addition to the intellectual history of archaeology as a discipline in this diverse region. The Handbook augments archaeologically-focused chapters contributed by regional scholars by providing histories of research and intellectual traditions, and by maintaining a broadly comparative perspective. Archaeologically-derived data are emphasized with text-based documentary information, provided to complement interpretations of material culture. The Handbook is not restricted to art historical or purely descriptive perspectives; its geographical coverage includes the modern nation-states of China, Mongolia, Far Eastern Russia, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
Author : Gwen Robbins Schug,Subhash R. Walimbe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119055488
A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts. The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history
Author : Birendra Nath Prasad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000416756
In the religious landscape of early medieval (c. AD 600-1200) Bihar and Bengal, poly-religiosity was generally the norm than an exception, which entailed the evolution of complex patterns of inter-religious equations. Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism not only coexisted but also competed for social patronage, forcing them to enter into complex interactions with social institutions and processes. Through an analysis of the published archaeological data, this work explores some aspects of the social history of Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina temples and shrines, and Buddhist stūpas and monasteries in early medieval Bihar and Bengal. This archaeological history of religions questions many ‘established’ textual reconstructions, and enriches our understanding of the complex issue of the decline of Buddhism in this area. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Author : Robin Coningham,Nick Lewer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811362378
Exploring archaeology, community engagement and cultural heritage protection in South Asia, this book considers heritage management strategies through community engagement, bringing together the results of research undertaken by archaeologists, heritage practitioners and policy makers working towards the preservation and conservation of both cultural and natural heritage. The book highlights the challenges faced by communities, archaeologists and heritage managers in post-conflict and post-disaster contexts in their efforts to protect, preserve and present cultural heritage, including issues of sustainability, linkages with existing community programmes and institutions, and building administrative and social networks. The case-studies illustrate larger-scale projects to small micro-level engagement, across a range of geographical, political, social and economic contexts, providing a framework that links and synchronises programmes of archaeological activities alongside active community engagement. The chapters ‘Introduction’, ‘Community Engagement in the Greater Lumbini Area of Nepal: the Micro-Heritage Case-Study of Dohani’ and ‘Conclusion’ of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Author : Himanshu Prabha Ray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521011094
Prior to European expansion, communities of the Indian subcontinent had a strong maritime orientation. In this new archaeological study, Himanshu Prabha Ray explores seafaring activity, religious travel and political economy in this ancient period. By using archaeological data from the Red Sea to the Indonesian archipelago, she reveals how the early history of peninsular South Asia is interconnected with that of its Asian and Mediterranean partners in the Indian Ocean Region. The book departs from traditional studies, focusing on the communities maritime history rather than agrarian expansion and the emergence of the state. Rather than being a prime mover in social, economic and religious change, the state is viewed as just one participant in a complex interplay of social actors, including merchants, guilds, boat-builders, sailors, pilgrims, religious clergy and craft-producers. A study that will be welcomed by students of Archaeology and Ancient History, particularly those interested in South Asian Studies.
Author : Bridget Allchin,Frank Raymond Allchin
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015042150121
Author : Miriam T. Stark
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405153034
This introduction to the archaeology of Asia focuses on casestudies from the region’s last 10,000 years of history. Comprises fifteen chapters by some of the world’sforemost Asia archaeologists Sheds light on the most compelling aspects of Asianarchaeology, from the earliest evidence of plant domestication tothe emergence of states and empires Explores issues of cross-cultural significance, such asmigration, urbanism, and technology Presents original research data that challenges readers tothink beyond national and regional boundaries Synthesizes work previously unavailable to western readers
Author : Himanshu Prabha Ray,Carla M. Sinopoli
Publisher : Indian
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015060113993
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Author : Ashish Avikunthak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009082006
Bureaucratic Archaeology is a multi-faceted ethnography of quotidian practices of archaeology, bureaucracy and science in postcolonial India, concentrating on the workings of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of the ASI to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge, wielded in the making of political and religious identity and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest courts of India. This book is a rare ethnography of the daily practice of a postcolonial bureaucracy from within rather than from the outside. It meticulously uncovers the social, cultural, political and epistemological ecology of ASI archaeologists to show how postcolonial state assembles and produces knowledge. This is the first book length monograph on the workings of archaeology in a non-western world, which meticulously shows how theory of archaeological practice deviates, transforms and generates knowledge outside the Euro-American epistemological tradition.