LEADER 05383oam 2200769I 450 001 9910786722303321 005 20230126210308.0 010 $a1-315-43183-1 010 $a1-315-43185-8 010 $a1-59874-688-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315431857 035 $a(CKB)2670000000353158 035 $a(EBL)1180078 035 $a(OCoLC)843200961 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000871288 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12403144 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871288 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10821672 035 $a(PQKB)11305727 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1180078 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1180078 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10693776 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL932452 035 $a(OCoLC)842929921 035 $a(OCoLC)954006861 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000353158 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConnections and complexity $enew approaches to the archaeology of South Asia /$fedited by Shinu Abraham. [et al.] 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (431 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Left Coast Press, Inc. 311 $a1-59874-687-1 311 $a1-59874-686-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aConnections and Complexity : New approaches to the archaeology of South Asia / Shinu Abraham, Praveena Gullapalli, Teresa Raczek, Uzma Rizvi -- To What Extent Were the Prehistoric Sri Lankans Isolated from the Indian Mainland? Biotic and Archaeological Considerations / Kenneth A.R. Kennedy -- Commodities and Things : The Kulli in Context / Rita P. Wright -- New Evidence for Interaction Between The Iranian Plateau and the Indus Valley : Seals and Sealings from Konar Sandal South / Holly Pittman -- The Sindh Archaeological Project : Explorations in the Lower Indus Basin and Western Sindh / Louis Flam -- Iconography of the Indus Unicorn : Origins and Legacy / Jonathan Mark Kenoyer -- Forest Products in a Wider World : Early historic connections across southern India / Kathleen D. Morrison and Mark T. Lycett -- The Substance and Symbolism of Long-Distance Exchange : Textiles as Desired Trade Goods in the Bronze Age Middle Asian Interaction Sphere / Monica L. Smith -- Weighty Matters : Evidence for Unity and Regional Diversity from the Indus Civilization Weights / Heather M.-L. Miller -- Starch Grain Analysis and Experiments Provide Insights into Harappan Cooking Practices / Arunima Kashyap and Steve Weber -- 327 $aRed Polished Ware in Gujarat : Surface Collections from Inland Sites / Nancy Pinto-Orton -- Spiraling Interconnectedness : A Fresh Look at Double-Spiral-Headed Pins in the Indian Subcontinent / Heidi J. Miller -- In Search Of Craft and Society : The Glass Beads of Early Historic Tamil South India / Shinu Abraham -- Lamination as Production Technique : Patterns and Possibilities / Praveena Gullapalli -- Bronze Age Pastoralism and Differentiated Landscapes along the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor / Michael Frachetti -- The Ghost of the State in Deep Antiquity : A Closer Look at the Harappan Civilization from the Viewpoint of Sanskrit Literature / Piotr A. Eltsov -- Crafting Communities and Producing Places : Copper, Settlement Patterns, and Social Identity in the Ganeshwar Jodhpura Cultural Complex, Rajasthan, India / Uzma Z. Rizvi -- Technology and Everyday Crafts : Identifying Traces of Shared Histories in the Archaeological Record / Teresa Raczek -- Regional Diversity in the Harappan World : The Evidence of the Seals / Marta Ameri -- Monumentality and the Third Millennium "Towers" of the Oman Peninsula / Charlotte Marie Cable and Christopher P. Thornton -- Small Scale Interactions Across the North Gujarat Plain / Suzanne Harris. 330 $aThis compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe of archaeological scholarship. Contributions focus on four major themes: reinterpreting material culture; identifying domains and regional boundaries; articulating complexity; and modeling interregional interaction. These studies develop theoreti 606 $aSocial archaeology$zSouth Asia 606 $aLandscape archaeology$zSouth Asia 606 $aIndus civilization 606 $aIron age$zIndia 606 $aMaterial culture$zSouth Asia$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aMaterial culture$zIndia$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aRegionalism$zSouth Asia$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aSouth Asia$xAntiquities 607 $aIndia$xAntiquities 615 0$aSocial archaeology 615 0$aLandscape archaeology 615 0$aIndus civilization. 615 0$aIron age 615 0$aMaterial culture$xHistory 615 0$aMaterial culture$xHistory 615 0$aRegionalism$xHistory 676 $a934 701 $aAbraham$b Shinu$01545193 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786722303321 996 $aConnections and complexity$93799997 997 $aUNINA