Rethinking the Indus : a comparative re-evaluation of the Indus civilisation as an alternative paradigm in the organisation and structure of early complex societies
| 1. Verfasser: |
Cork, Edward
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Archaeopress,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
282 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
BAR international series ;
2213 |
| ISBN: | 9781407307718 1-4073-0771-1 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
India |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction. The IC: an early complex society with unique structural organisation?
- Origins of current interpretation of the IC
- The aims and approach 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.
