A companion to South Asia in the past / edited by Gwen Robbins Schug and Subhash R. Walimbe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schug, Gwen Robbins, editor.

Walimbe, Subhash R., editor.

Series:

Blackwell companions to anthropology.

Blackwell Companions to Anthropology.

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical anthropology--South Asia.

Physical anthropology.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (808 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

System Details:

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Summary:

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

Contents:

Intro

TITLE PAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FORMAL DEDICATION

FOREWORD

REFERENCES

MAPS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

PART I: PALEOANTHROPOLOGY IN SOUTH ASIA

CHAPTER 2: MAMMALIAN PALEODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF SIWALIK PRIMATES IN INDIA AND NEPAL

INTRODUCTION

THE SIWALIK DEPOSITS

THE ORIGIN OF THE SIWALIKS

NEPAL SIWALIKS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PALEONTOLOGY IN THE SIWALIKS

SIWALIK FOSSIL PRIMATES

MAMMALIAN FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES AND PALEOHABITATS OF FOSSIL PRIMATES IN THE SIWALIKS OF INDIA AND NEPAL

CONCLUDING REMARKS

CHAPTER 3: A DECADE OF PALEOANTHROPOLOGY IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT (2005-2015)

THE OLDEST ACHEULEAN IN INDIA

THE YOUNGEST ACHEULEAN IN INDIA

MULTIDISCIPLINARY PALEOANTHROPOLOGY IN THE CENTRAL NARMADA BASIN

THE SOANIAN INDUSTRY REASSESSED

THE 74 KY TOBA VOLCANO SUPER ERUPTION AND INDIAN PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

THE SOUTH ASIAN MICROLITHIC RECORD BECOMES OLDER

ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS AT NEW SITES AND REGIONS

REASSESSMENTS AND REVISED INTERPRETATIONS AT KNOWN SITES AND ASSEMBLAGES

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4: ARCHAIC GENOMES AND THE PEOPLING OF SOUTH ASIA

MULTIREGIONAL EVOLUTION VERSUS THE RECENT AFRICAN ORIGIN OF MODERN HUMANS

PLEISTOCENE HOMININ ADMIXTURE

IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING HOMININ EVOLUTION IN ASIA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 5: OUT OF AFRICA AND INTO SOUTH ASIA

OUT OF AFRICA I: THE SOUTH ASIAN EVIDENCE

OUT OF AFRICA II: MODERN HUMAN PEOPLING OF THE OLD WORLD

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 6: HOMININ FOSSIL REMAINS FROM THE NARMADA VALLEY

THE NARMADA CALVARIUM

THE CLAVICLES

THE NINTH RIB

THE HUMERUS

THE FEMUR.

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 7: MESOLITHIC FORAGERS OF THE GANGES PLAIN AND ADJOINING HILLY REGIONS OF THE VINDHYAS

THE MESOLITHIC LAKE CULTURE SITES OF THE GANGES PLAIN

A NOTE ON CHRONOLOGY

SEDENTISM: STRUCTURES AND SUBSISTENCE

SYMBOLIC LIFE: MORTUARY BEHAVIOR AND ART IN THE MESOLITHIC

ART ACTIVITIES

TRANSFORMATION

CHAPTER 8: MESOLITHIC FORAGERS OF THE GANGES PLAIN

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXT

SITE LOCATION AND ANTIQUITY

THE PRESENT ANALYSIS: BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORIES ON SUBSISTENCE AND "HEALTH"

MATERIALS

METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

PART II: MIDDLE HOLOCENE FARMERS AND URBAN DWELLERS

CHAPTER 9: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION

ORIGIN AND EXTENT OF THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION TO WORLD HISTORY

CLIMATE AND DECLINE OF THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER 10: EXCAVATIONS AT HARAPPA, 1986-2010

CHRONOLOGY OF HARAPPA AND THE INDUS CIVILIZATION

EARLY HARAPPAN CEMETERY EXCAVATIONS

HARAPPA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT CEMETERY EXCAVATIONS

HARAPPAN CEMETERY: BURIAL FEATURES

CONTEMPORANEOUS HARAPPAN AND BRONZE AGE CEMETERIES

HARAPPA CEMETERY BURIAL PATTERNS

BURIAL RITUALS AND OFFERINGS

CHAPTER 11: BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

BIOLOGICAL AFFINITIES

PALEOPATHOLOGY

CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF BONES AND TEETH

FINAL THOUGHTS

CHAPTER 12: MORE THAN ORIGINS

MIGRATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY

MIGRATION AND MORTUARY PRACTICE: AN ISOTOPIC CASE STUDY.

MODELING INSTITUTIONALIZED MIGRATION

CHAPTER 13: ARYANS AND THE INDUS CIVILIZATION

WEAPONS, DEFENSES, AND SKELETONS

THE ARYANS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGY

ARYANS IN THE BIOANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORD

EVIDENCE FROM ARCHAEOGENETICS

FROM INDIA OUTWARD?

CHAPTER 14: THE AHAR CULTURE AND OTHERS

DEFINING THE AHAR: A GENEALOGY OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURE'S NAME

GEOGRAPHY

BAGOR

SOCIAL VARIABILITY IN THE MEWAR PLAIN

SPECTRUM OF PRACTICES AND PROCESSES

CHAPTER 15: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LATE HOLOCENE ON THE DECCAN PLATEAU (THE DECCAN CHALCOLITHIC)

THE DECCAN REGION AND ITS CHALCOLITHIC CULTURES

CERAMIC ASSEMBLAGE OF THE DECCAN CHALCOLITHIC

ORIGIN OF DECCAN CHALCOLITHIC CULTURES

DECCAN CHALCOLITHIC SETTLEMENT PATTERN AND PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

MATERIAL CULTURE

TRADE CONTACTS

SUBSISTENCE

RELIGION

DECLINE

CHAPTER 16: THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD

LIFE AND DEATH IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BCE

MARKERS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY IN THE PAST

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BCE, SOUTH ASIA

CHAPTER 17: THE "GANDHARA GRAVE CULTURE"

PREVIOUS UNDERSTANDINGS

GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT

UOP PERIODIZATION AND CHRONOLOGICAL SETTINGS

ISMEO PERIODIZATION AND CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS

NEW CHRONOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS

NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE GRAVES, GRAVE GOODS, AND BURIAL PRACTICES

SUMMARY

PART III: HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY

CHAPTER 18: EARLY IRON AGE MEGALITH BUILDERS OF VIDARBHA

MEGALITHIC ARCHITECTURE TYPOLOGY.

DISCOVERY AND RECOGNITION OF MEGALITHS IN VIDARBHA

THREE PHASES OF PROBLEM-ORIENTED RESEARCH

MEGALITHIC VERSUS IRON AGE TRADITIONS OF PENINSULAR INDIA

CONCLUSION: WHO WERE THE MEGALITH BUILDERS?

CHAPTER 19: SITUATING IRON AGE MONUMENTS IN SOUTH INDIA

LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ON MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS

RITES AND RITUALS

CHAPTER 20: A REVIEW OF EARLY HISTORIC URBANIZATION IN INDIA

NORTH INDIA

EAST INDIA

WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIA

DECCAN

SOUTH INDIA

CHAPTER 21: HISTORICAL AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD ARCHAEOLOGY

THE EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD

TRENDS IN EARLY HISTORIC RESEARCH

MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

TRENDS IN MEDIEVAL RESEARCH

THE MEANING OF THE HISTORIC PAST

CHAPTER 22: THE TRANSITION TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN INDIA

LOCATING DOMESTICATION IN SOUTH ASIA

THE SOUTHERN NEOLITHIC

THE NORTHERN PATHWAY: EARLY AGRICULTURE IN THE GANGES AND VINDHYAS

CERAMICS AND CULINARY TRADITIONS: SOUTH VERSUS NORTH

CHAPTER 23: FROM MILLET TO RICE (AND BACK AGAIN?)

CUISINE, CULTIVATION, AND HEALTH IN SOUTHERN INDIA

FOOD AND ITS VALUES

LONG-TERM HISTORIES OF SOUTH INDIAN FARMING AND FOOD

PRODUCING FOOD, PRODUCING PEOPLE

CHAPTER 24: DEATH AND BURIAL AMONG TWO ANCIENT HIGH-ALTITUDE COMMUNITIES OF NEPAL

THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF UPPER MUSTANG

THE HUMAN REMAINS

PART IV: SOUTH ASIA IN RETROSPECT

CHAPTER 25: PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH ARCHAEOLOGY

PREHISTORIC SITES OF BANGLADESH

REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 26: ARCHAEOLOGY OF NEPAL

PALEOLITHIC SITES IN WESTERN NEPAL: THE WORK OF GUDRUN CORVINUS

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE LATE HOLOCENE IN NEPAL

HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN NEPAL

CHAPTER 27: THE PEOPLING OF SRI LANKA FROM PREHISTORIC TO HISTORIC TIMES

TRACING ORIGINS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL, SKELETAL, AND HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE PEOPLING OF SRI LANKA

THE MULTILAYERED BIOCULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF SRI LANKA

CHAPTER 28: THEORETICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN INDIA

THE NEW ARCHAEOLOGY AS A CATALYST

PROCESSUAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN INDIA: SOME EXAMPLES

A NEW TURN IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION

CHAPTER 29: MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK

THE FORMATIVE PHASE (1774-1919)

THE CONSTRUCTIVE PHASE (1920-1949)

THE ANALYTICAL PERIOD (1950-1990)

CHAPTER 30: ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUMS IN INDIA

MEANINGS OF MUSEUM

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSEUMS IN COLONIAL INDIA

MUSEUMS AND THE COLONIZATION OF INDIA

CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUMS

INDIRA GANDHI RASHTRIYA MANAV SANGRAHALAYA (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MANKIND)

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON MUSEUMS IN INDIA

CHAPTER 31: HUMAN SKELETAL STUDIES

HUMAN SKELETAL BIOLOGY IN INDIA

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 32: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THE HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FROM INDIA

INDEX

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 25, 2016).

ISBN:

1-119-05537-7

OCLC:

946997827