Robin Coningham, Ruth Young

The Archaeology of South Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book synthesises the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE) to the third century BCE.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 208mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1523g
• ISBN-13: 9780521846974
• ISBN-10: 0521846978
• Artikelnr.: 42791797

Autorenporträt

Robin Coningham and Prishanta Gunawardhana

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.