Resistance at the edge of empires : the archaeology and history of the Bannu Basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200 / by Cameron A. Petrie ; with contributions by P. Magee, F. Khan, J.R. Knox, and K.D. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrie, Cameron, author.

Contributor:

Magee, P., contributor.

Khan, Farid (M. Farid), contributor.

Knox, J.R., contributor.

Thomas, K. D., contributor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Bannu Archaeological Project monograph series

Bannu Archaeological Project monograph series ; [3]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan--Bannu District.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Bannu District (Pakistan)--History.

Bannu District (Pakistan).

Bannu District (Pakistan)--Antiquities.

Pakistan--Bannu District.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 508 pages : illustrations (black and white and color), maps (black and white and color) ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 At the edge of empires: the Bannu basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200

1.1. The borderlands of western South Asia and the Bannu basin

1.2. Previous research on the borderlands in the historic periods

1.3. The Bannu Archaeological Project

1.4. Approaches and methods

1.5. Chapter outline

ch. 2 Environment and settlement in the Bannu basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200

2.1. Environment - geography, subsistence, and settlement

2.2. Akra - the ancient capital of Bannu

2.3. Beyond Akra - settlement and structures of the historic period

ch. 3 Historical context of the Bannu basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200

3.1. The early to mid-first millennium BC

3.2. The mid- to late first millennium BC

3.3. The early first millennium AD

3.4. The mid-first millennium AD

3.5. The late first and early second millennium AD

3.6. Summary of the historical and socio-political evidence

ch. 4 Empire and resistance in the borderlands from 1000 BC to AD 1200

4.1. Administration and economy from the mid-first millennium BC to the early second millennium AD

4.2. How feudal was South Asian feudalism?

4.3. Regionalised economy in the first millennium BC and the first and early second millennia AD

ch. 5 The BAP Excavations at Akra and Ter Kala Dheri

5.1. Topographic survey of Akra

5.2. Excavations at Akra

5.3. Excavations at Ter Kala Dheri

ch. 6 Chronological context of Akra and Ter Kala Dheri

6.1. Absolute dating of the Bannu black-on-red ware phases

6.2. Relative and absolute dating of the Middle Historic phases

6.3. Contemporaneous occupation in the surrounding regions

6.4. Comparative chronologies in the first millennium BC and the first millennium AD

ch. 7 Small finds from Akra

7.1. Small finds from the surface at Akra and Ter Kala Dheri

7.2. Small finds from the excavations on the Lohra Mound

7.3. Small finds from the excavations on the Chigkamar Mound

7.4. Small finds from the excavations on Hussaini Boi Ziarat Dherai

7.5. Discussion

ch. 8 Ceramics from Akra: raw materials and fabrics

8.1. Archaeological questions and integrated methods

8.2. Raw materials for ceramic production in the Bannu basin

8.3. The geology of the Bannu basin and its surrounding areas

8.4. Fabric analysis - ceramic production technology in the Bannu basin

8.5. Thin-section petrographic analysis

8.6. Compositional analysis

8.7. Significance of the analysis of the Bannu black-on-red-ware and Middle Historic fabrics

ch. 9 The first-millennium BC ceramics from Akra and Ter Kala Dheri

9.1. Assemblage 2: Bannu black-on-red-ware and associated vessel forms

9.2. Assemblage 1: Achaemenid-inspired and associated vessel forms

9.3. Organisation of ceramic production and distribution in the first millennium BC

9.4. Regional identity, ceramic economy, and imperial control in the first millennium BC

ch. 10 The late first- and early second-millennium AD ceramics from Akra

10.1. Typology and its use in South Asian archaeology

10.2. Middle Historic ceramic typology

10.3. The Middle Historic ceramic assemblage

10.3. Frequency and MNV of individual vessel types

10.4. Organisation of ceramic production and the standardisation of form and fabric

10.5. Organisation of ceramic production and distribution in the late first and early second millennia AD

10.6. Imperial control, economy, and regional identity in the late first and early second millennia AD

ch. 11 Resistance at the edge of empires: the Bannu basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200

11.1. Characterising the context of the Bannu region across two millennia

11.2. Imperial control and regional economy, identity, and resistance

Appendices (appendices for this volume can be accessed at http://books.casematepublishers.com/Resistance_at_the_Edge_of_Empires.pdf)

Appendix A Excavation and stratigraphy on the Hussaini Boi Ziarat Dherai mound

Appendix B Bayesian analysis and OxCal

Appendix C Petrographic thin-section analysis

Appendix D PIXE-PIGE elemental analysis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781785703034

178570303X

OCLC:

939997967

Publisher Number:

99986175562