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Author:   S. Settar ,  Ravi Korisettar
Publisher:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Weight:   1.300kg
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9788173043192

ISBN 10:   8173043191
Pages:   508
Publication Date:   20 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction The Archaeology of the South Asian Lower Palaeolithic: History and Current Status The Middle Palaeolithic Culture of South Asia The Archaeology of the Upper Palaeolithic Phase in India The Mesolithic Age in India The Neolithic Cultures of Northern and Eastern India Brahmagiri and Beyond: The Archaeology of the Southern Neolithic Post-Urban Harappan Culture in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Early Farming Cultures of Central India: A Recent Perspective Research on the Deccan Chalcolithic A Review of the Copper Hoards and the OCP Culture The Age of Iron in India: A Reappraisal The Archaeology of the Megaliths in India: 1947-1997 The Development of Indian Rock Art Studies since Independence A Survey of Ceramic Analysis with Specific Reference to Pottery Small is Useful: Importance of Bead Studies in South Asian Archaeology Appendices I. Late Pleistocene Fauna from Kurnool Caves IL List of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in India III. A Gazetteer of Southern Neolithic Sites IV. List of Excavated Megalithic Sites and Black and Red Ware Sites of Early Iron Age—Early Historic Period in India (after 1944) List of Contributors Index

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S. Settar was Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (1996-9), served as Professor, Department of History and Archaeology (1971-96) and as the Director, Institute of Indian Art History (1978-95), Karnatak University, Dharwad. Among his well-known publications are The Hoysala Temples (2 vols.), Inviting Death, Pursuing Death, Sravana Belgola, Hampi: A Medieval Metropolis, Hoysala Sculptures in the National Museum, Copenhagen. He has edited several volumes, of which those relating to the fields of archaeology are: Archaeological Survey of Mysore: Annual Reports – A Study (3 vols.) and Memorial Stones: A Study of Their Origin, Significance and Variety (in collaboration with G.-D. Sontheimer). Since 1995, he has been collaborating with a team of scholars on the ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index project as the chief of Indian section and as the editor for South Asia. Ravi Korisettar is Professor of History and Archaeology, Karnatak University, Dharwad. He has edited Quaternary Environments and Geoarcheology of India (Bangalore, 1995), a memoir of the Geological Society of India, Bangalore and The Rise of Early Human Behaviour in Global Context, Vol. 28, in the One World Archaeology Series (Routledge, London-New York, 1998). He is also on the Editorial Board of Man and Environment (since 1989), a biannual journal of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Pune.

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