Jennifer Bates

The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Indus civilization in South Asia (c. 3200 - 1500BC) was one of the most important Old World Bronze Age cultures. This study offers new insights into the Indus civilisation through an archaeobotanical reconstruction of its environment. It synthesizes the available data on genetics, archaeobotany, and archaeology"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009424448
• ISBN-10: 1009424440
• Artikelnr.: 69918491

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Bates is Assistant Professor of Archaeological Science at Seoul National University. She is a co-author of The Archaeobotany of Asvan and Principal Investigator of the Indica Project.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Paleoenvironmental context
3. Laying the groundwork
4. Southwest Asian crops and their significance
5. Big millets
6. Small Millets
7. Rice
8. Tropical pulses and the identification of local domestication processes
9. Microfossils and the multi-proxy approach
10. Beyond 'staples'
11. Crop processing and social organization
12. Cropping strategies and seasonality
13. Irrigation and intensification
14. Indus indentities and food
15. The 'Late Harappan Revolution'
16. The burnt remains.