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This first volume of the proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology, held in Ravenna in 2007, focuses on the Prehistoric periods, from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age. The international contributions showcase approaches from various subdisciplines, including studies on material culture, bioarchaeological studies, landscape archaeology and studies of climate and farming practices, observations from specific excavation reports, and examinations of ancient thought and ideas, and cover a broad territory, from Central Asia to Southeast Asia.

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Author:   Dennys Frenez ,  Maurizio Tosi
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   2454
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.296kg
ISBN:  

9781407310626

ISBN 10:   1407310623
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   15 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1) Let not the 19th Century Paradigms Continue to haunt us! (B.B. Lal); 2) Reflections on ""Dots on a Map"" (C. Lamberg-Karlovsky); 3) T-Shaped Pillars and Mesolithic ""Chiefdoms"" in the Prehistory of Southern Eurasia: A Preliminary Note (M. VidaleI); 4) Protohistoric Terracotta Figurines: Continuity and Change in Form and Style (circa 2000-3000 BC) (A. Banerji); 5) Assessing Anthropogenic Soil Erosion with Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery: an Archaeological Case Study of Long-Term Land Use (A.M. Bauer and K.D. Morrison); 6) Rejecting the State: Reflections on Ancient Indian Thought and the Organization of Harappan Society (P. A. Eltsov); 7) Nomadic Settlement and Economy of Western Himalaya (Upper Indus) (R. S. Fonia); 8) Exploring Inner Asia's High Alpine Frontier: High Alpine Transhumant Pastoralism, Vertical Cultivation and Environmental Archaeology in the Lower Vakhsh-Panj Confluence and Gorno-Badakhshan Regions, Southern Tajikistan (I. Good); 9) A view to the North: Biological Interactions across the Inter-Montane Borderlands during the Last Two Millennia BC (B.E. Hemphill); 10) Are the kho an Indigenous Population of the Hindu Kush? A Dental Morphometric Approach (B.E. Hemphill et al); 11) The UNESCO International Safeguarding Campaigns forMohenjo-Daro, Pakistan. A Retrospective (M. Jansen); 12) A New Late Bronze Age Site in Southern Uzbekistan (K. Kaniuth); 13) Excavation at Kammer, a Harappan Site in Gujarat: Some Observations (J. S. Kharakwal et al); 14) Transport at Altyn-Depe in the 3rd Millennium BC (the Evidence of Vehicle Models) (L.B. Kircho); 15) INAA of Agate Sources and Artifacts from the Indus, Helmand, and Thailand Regions (R. Law et al); 16) Is it possible to speak about Middle Bronze Age in Southern Tajikistan ? (G. Lombardo); 17) The Lithic Industry from Hazar Sum (Samangan, Afghanistan): New Perspectives and Old Data (R. Micheli); 18) Harappan Archaeology in the Ghaggar Basin with Special Reference to the Sites of Girawad and Farmana (V. Shinde et al); 19) Autochthonous Late Bronze Aged cultures in Central Asia: Where are they? (T. S. Shirinov and S.R. Baratov); 20) Exploring Ceramic Variability in Iron Age South India: Social and Political Implications (C.M. Sinopoli); 21) Ilgynly-Depe: New Discoveries (N.F. Solovyova);22) Early Farming Cultures at Lahuradewa: Recent Evidence in the Middle Ganga Plain (R. Tewari); 23) Three seasons at Kasr al-Khafaji (Tower 1146) at Bat, Oman (C. P. Thornton et al); 24) The So-Called Stupa at Mohenjo Daro and its Relationship with the Ancient Citadel (G. Verardi and F. Barba); 25) Will the Monuments of the Middle Bronze Age be Discovered on the Territory of Southern Tadjikistan? (N. M. Vinogradova); 26) Integration by price in the Bronze Age (D. A. Warburton); 27) Defining the Indus Sign List (B. Wells); 28) Satellite Remote Sensing Imagery: New Evidence for Site Distributions and Ecologies in the Upper Indus (R. Wright and C. Hritz)"

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