The archaeology of South Asia : from the Indus to Asoka, c. 6500 BCE - 200 CE
| 1. Verfasser: |
Coningham, Robin.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Young, Ruth, 1963-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xxi, 533 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Cambridge world archaeology
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| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
India Süd- /Südostasien |
| Online Zugang: |
Table of contents only Cover |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Part I. The Context
- 1. Introduction and definitions
- 2. Environment and culture : South Asia's environmental, linguistic and religious patterns
- 3. Histories of South Asian archaeology
- Part II. The Indus Valley Tradition, c. 6500-1900 BCE
- 4. Food producers : multiple Neolithics (c. 6500-2000 BCE)
- 5. Regionalisation and differentiated communities (c. 5000-2600 BCE)
- 6. An era of integration : the Indus civilisation (c. 2600-1900 BCE)
- 7. Localisation : transformations of a system (c. 1900-1200 BCE)
- Part III. The Early Historic Tradition (c. 1900-200 BCE)
- 8. South Asia : transitions and continuities (c. 1900-1200 BCE)
- 9. The re-emergence of regional differentiation (c. 1200-600 BCE)
- 10. Reintegration : towards an early historic world (c. 600-250 BCE)
- 11. The Mauryans and the Asokan ideal (c. 321-185 BCE)
- Part IV. Conclusions
- 12. Conclusions and challenges.
