Recent Advances in Indo-Pacific Prehistory : Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Poona, December 19-21, 1978 / edited by V.N. Misra and P. Bellwood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bellwood, P., editor.

Misra, V.N., editor.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Oceania--Congresses.

Prehistoric peoples.

Prehistoric peoples--South Asia--Congresses.

Prehistoric peoples--Southeast Asia--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Poona, December 19-21, 1978

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front Matter

1. The Emergence of the Handaxe Tradition in Asia, with Special Reference to India / J. Armand

2. The Geomorphic Setting of Acheulian Sites in Peninsular India / R.S. Pappu

3. On the Problem of Acheulian Chronology in Western and Southern India / S.N. Rajaguru

4. Some Observations on the Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Central Narmada Valley / S.G. Supekar

5. An Attempt to Understand the Acheulian Succession in India from Spatial Distributions / Asok K. Ghosh

6. The Acheulian Succession at Bhimbetka, Central India / V.N. Misra

7. Acheulian Surface Sites in Central India / Jerome Jacobson

8. The Acheulian Culture of the Hunsgi Valley, South India: Settlement and Subsistence Patterns / K. Paddayya

9. The Acheulian Site of Almatti, Karnataka / Ravi Korisettar

10. The Acheulian Industries of Uttar Pradesh / P.C. Pant

11. The Acheulian Industry of Vadamadurai / Vidula Jayaswal

12. A Comparative Study of Metrical Data on Handaxes and Their Cultural Interpretations / R.V. Joshi and A.R. Marathe

13. Stone Age Cultures of the Upper Mahanadi Valley, Central India / R.P. Pandey

14. On the Discovery of a Pebble-Tool Industry in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya / H.C. Sharma and S.K. Roy

15. The Microlithic Industries of Africa: Their Antiquity and Possible Economic Implications / J.D. Clark

16. Rock-shelter Use Today: An Indicator of Usandawe Prehistory / Imogene Lim

17. Microlithic Industries in India / V.N. Misra

18. The 'Blade-Bladelet' Industries of India / Ranjana Ray

19. Some Observations on the Stone Industries of the Early Holocene in Pakistan and Western India / Bridget Allchin

20. The Upper Palaeolithic Culture at Patne, District Jalgaon, Maharashtra / S.A. Sali

21. The Upper Palaeolithic Industries of Cuddapah District, Andhra Pradesh / D.R. Raju

22. The Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in the Gambheeram Valley, Northeastern Andhra Pradesh / K.T. Reddy and P. Vijaya Prakash

23. The Mesolithic Culture of the Indravati Valley, District Koraput, Orissa / S.C. Nanda

24. The Mesolithic Industries of North Kerala / P. Rajendran

25. Problems of the Upper Palaeolithic in Northeastern India / Tarun C. Sharma

26. Bhimbetka: The Stone Tool Industries and Rock Paintings / V.S. Wakankar

27. The Hunter-Gatherer Way of Life Depicted in the Mesolithic Rock Paintings of Central India / Yashodhar Mathpal

28. Microliths in Indonesian Flaked Stone Industries / Ian C. Glover and Gary Presland

29. Holocene Flake and Blade Industries of Wallacea and Their Predecessors / Peter Bellwood

30. A Note on Stone and Shell Implements from Late Palaeolithic and Neolithic Sites in Carcar, Cebu, Philippines / Rosa C.P. Tenazas

31. Australian Backed Blade Industries in Perspective / D.J. Mulvaney

32. Microlithic Industries in Western Australia : Some Aspects / Sylvia J. Hallam

33. Backed Blade Industries from the Graman Rock Shelters, New South Wales: Some Evidence on Function / Isabel Mcbryde

34. The Malimup Middens: Evidence for Mollusc Eating in Prehistoric South-western Australia / C.E. Dortch

35. Annual Crops of South and Southeast Asia / Robert Orr Whyte

36. Some Problems Relating to the Domestication of Rice in Asia / Ian C. Glover

37. Some Considerations on the Domestication of Plants in India / K.L. Mehra and R.K. Arora

38. The Uses of Wild Plants and the Processes of Domestication in the Indian Sub-continent / Vishnu-Mittre

39. The Role and Impact of Nature on Culture: Resplendent Results from the Indian Neolithic / P.G. Chatterjee

40. Man's Impact on the Vegetation of Southeast Asia: The Pollen Evidence / J.R. Flenley

41. Agricultural Origins in Southeast Asia: A View from the East / Jack Golson

42. Wild Plants and Domestication in Pacific Islands / D.E. Yen

43. The Uses of Plant Foods by Some Hunter-Gatherer Communities in Andhra Pradesh / M.L.K. Murty

44. The Use of Wild Plant Foods by Aboriginal Communities in Central India / Malti Nagar

45. The Oriomo Papuans: Gathering versus Horticulture in an Ecological Context / Ryutaro Ohtsuka

46. A Contemporary View of the Shift from Hunting to Horticulture: The Agta Case / P. Bion Griffin

47. Hunters/Foodgatherers: An Australian Model / I.M. Crawford

48. Water Resources and Double Cropping in Harappan Food Production / Marcia Fentress

49. From Hunting and Food Gathering to Domestication of Plants and Animals in the Belan and Ganga Valleys / G.R. Sharma

50. The Settlement Pattern of the Painted Grey Ware Culture of the Ganga Valley / Makkhan Lal

51. Early Settlement and Subsistence Patterns in the Deccan / M.K. Dhavalikar

52. Political Evolution in Late Prehistoric Japan / Fumiko Ikawa-Smith

53. Micronesian Prehistory: Research on Ponape, Eastern Caroline Islands / William S. Ayres

54. The Late Quaternary Fauna of Inamgaon / G.L. Badam

55. An Approach to Faunal Remains / K.R. Alur

56. New Evidence for Agriculture and Stock-raising in Monsoonal Southeast Asia / C.F.W. Higham and Amphan Kijngam

57. Bos indicus and Bos namadicus and the Problem of Autochthonous Domestication in India / Caroline Grigson

58. On the Agriotypes of Domestic Cattle and Pigs in the Indo-Pacific Region / C.P. Groves

59. Prehistoric Dogs in Australia: An Indian Origin? / Klim Gollan

60. The Megalithic Problem: A Review / S.B. Deo

61. The Element of Racial Biology in Indian Megalithism: A Multivariate Analysis Approach / Kenneth A.R. Kennedy and John Levisky

62. Megalithism and the Builders: Studies of Relationships / Amiya Kumar Sen and Pronoti De

63. The Earliest Iron Age Graves in Karnataka / M.S. Nagaraja Rao

64. A Newly Discovered Megalithic Carving in Karnataka / A. Sundara

65. Megalithic Remains in the Vindhyas / Purushottam Singh

66. Megalithic Cultures of the Northern Vindhyas / G.R. Sharma

67. The Megaliths of Jangal Mahal, and Vedic Tradition / P.C. Pant

68. The Megalithic Culture of Kerala / K.J. John

69. A Live Megalithic Culture in Manipur / O.K. Singh

70. Traces of the South Indian Megalithic in Thailand: A ' Dolmen ' in a Chedi in U-Thong / H.H.E. Loofs-Wissowa

Back Matter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Recent Advances in Indo-Pacific Prehistory : Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Poona, December 19-21, 1978.

ISBN:

9789004644472

OCLC:

565629247

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004644472 DOI

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