Discerning Palates of the Past: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India

Contributor(s): Reddy, Seetha Narahari (Author)

ISBN: 9781879621367

Publisher: Berghahn Books

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Pub Date: April 1, 2003

Dewey: 934.01

LCCN: 2002154200

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Glossary

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 10.90" L x 8.50" W ( 1.05 lbs) 175 pages

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Series: International Monographs in Prehistory: Ethnoarchaeology

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Description:

This book analyzes the agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the Mature and Late Harappan cultures (ca. 2500-1700 BC) of northwest India. The economic role of drought-resistant millet crops is reconstructed using ethnographic studies of crop processing, palaeoethnobotany, and carbon isotope analysis. New directions are provided for discerning archaeologically how pastoralism and agriculture may be integrated in complex economic systems.

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Seetha Narahari Reddy is a Principal Investigator with Reddy Anthropology Consulting.

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