Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: I. On thoughts and processes in archaeology: 1. Antiquity studies, science and Amateurism: a few preliminary words/Arun Kumar Biswas. 2. Methodologies issues in excavating a prehistoric site in India: examples from Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu/Shanti Pappu and Kumar Akhilesh. 3. Archaeological interpretations: a few Randon thoughts/V. Selvakumar. 4. A note on quantification in Indian archaeology: need and caution/K. Krishnan. II. Prehistory, proto-history and early history of India: a review of emergence of human civilization and material culture: 5. The emergence of man in central Narmada Valley/A.R. Sankhyan. 6. Mesolithic culture of the upper Johila Basin, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh/Basanta Kumar Mohanta. 7. General pattern of Mesolithic culture in Bankura, West Bengal/Banani Bhattcharyya. 8. Pakhanna: a Chalcolithic-cum-early historic site in Bankura/Asok Datta. 9. Recently discovered painted rock shelters of the Vindhya-Kaimur Hills/Vibha Tripathi and Om Prakash Kumar. 10. Change and continuity: the manifestation of rock art in Andhra Pradesh/P. Chenna Reddy. 11. Kanmer: A Harappan settlement in Kachchh, Gujarat/J.S. Kharakwal, Y.S. Rawat and Toshiki Osada. 12. Harappan elements in the Sarayupar Plain with special reference to Imlidih Khurd, District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh/Ashok Kumar Singh. 13. Special ceramics in the Harappan culture: history of a technology derived from archaeological science/Nupur Dasgupta. 14. Not by archaeology alone: analysis of data from Ai Khanum/Somnath Ghosh and Suchandra Ghosh. 15. Archaeological investigations into the internal dynamism and state formation in Mahakantara/Baba Mishra. 16. Socio-economic life in the Kapili Valley of Assam: a study based on archaeological remains/Paromita Das. III. Archaeological remains, artifact analyses and interpretations: 17. A note on the environmental degradation from the study of Chalcolithic faunal remains from the Rarh area of West Bengal/Manomay Ghosh. 18. Interaction of chemistry and archaeology: potteries-a case study/Somnath Ghosh and Suchira Roychoudhury. 19. The uses of bio-chemistry in archaeology and residue analysis of potteries/Somnath Ghosh. 20. Copper in the early cultures of middle Ganga plain/Prabhakar Upadhyay. 21. Development of wrought iron technology in the Megalithic culture of ancient Vidarbha region, Maharashtra: a review/P.P. Deshpande. 22. High-Tin bronze (Bell metal): a significant metal craft of Eastern India (Early historical and early medieval times)/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 23. Copper and iron metallurgy in ancient and medieval Eastern India/Prasanta Kumar Datta. 24. Legendary wootz steel from Telangana in Central Deccan/S. Jaikishan. 25. Puch-marked coins from Ghumal, Mayurbhanj, Northern Odisha/Kishor K. Basa and Basanata K. Mohanta. 26. Compositional analysis: numismatists and their collaborators/Susmita Basu Majumdar. 27. Silver coins of the Khadga dynasty of ancient Bengal/Shariful Islam. IV. Ethnography in archaeology: 28. A note on the Kushan Terracotta human figurines from Deokali with special reference to their manufacturing techniques/Prabhakar Upadhyay and Kamla Ram Bind. 29. Ethnograpny for archaeology: amongst the potters of Bishnupur, District Bankura/Sharmistha Chatterjee and Sayan Bhattacharya. 30. Megalithism: a living tradition in Manipur/Potshangbam Binodini Devi. The present volume embodies a collection of articles grouped into themes which are varied in their scope and orientation. The articles are categorized into four broad sections high-lighting on philosophical and methodological issues, specific contexts of India's prehistory to early history, material practices and technological heritage and ethnological links. A number of well-known scholars have contributed articles to make this a rich and informative volume which will enlighten readers about the present state of research in India. The contributors have explored different and specific contexts and methods of studying the past with the h. Seller Inventory # 119134

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