Rethinking the Indus : a comparative re-evaluation of the Indus civilisation as an alternative paradigm in the organisation and structure of early complex societies / Edward Cork.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cork, Edward.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2213.

BAR international series ; 2213

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indus civilization.

Physical Description:

282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.

Contents:

Introduction. The IC: an early complex society with unique structural organisation?

Origins of current interpretation of the IC

The aims and approahc of this study

The comparative method. Introduction

Social evolution and the comparative method: Comparative approaches and the IC ; Methodology adopted by this study ; Choice of comparative datasets ; Summary

Domestic architecture: Introduction ; Review of sites ; Building size ; Building and family structure ; Access analyses ; Discussion

Metalwork and metalworking: Introduction ; Recent literature ; Ore sources ; Functional group definition ; Discussion of artefact categories ; Elemental composition ; Discussion

Settlement patterns. Introduction ; Data collection and formatting issues ; Organisation and subdivision of the Indus settlements ; Third millennium climatic influence on settlement patterns in the Greater Indus Valley ; Settlement hierarchies: site size distribution ; Settlement hierarchies: rank-size ; Discussion

Conclusion: Summary ; The success of a comparative approach ; The 'alternative paradigm' model of Indus society in the light of structured comparative analyses ; Moving forwards- interpreting the Indus

Appendix A. Architectural data used in chapter 3

Appendix B. Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests on house size distribution

Appendix C. Permeability maps for the houses used in access analysis, including house RRA and courtyard RRA values

Appendix D. Assessing the reliability of published Indus metalwork data

Appendix E. Catalogue of metalworks in the Lothal Site Museum and Archive

Appendix F. Elemental composition data used in chapter 4

Appendix G. Problems recreating Adams' influential 'four-tiered' settlement hierarchy

Appendix H. Problems with using sites on the Indus floodplain in settlement analyses

Appendix I. Metalwork data

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282).

ISBN:

9781407307718

1407307711

OCLC:

724492683