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Beyond Stones and More Stones (3 Volumes Set) (2017-2023)

Beyond Stones and More Stones (3 Volumes Set) (2017-2023)

$216
Author:Edited by Ravi Korisettar
ISBN 13:9788193270264
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2023
Pages:Vol. 1. xx+377pp., Vol. 2. xxii+493pp., Vol. 3. xxxiv+ 445pp.,
Published On:9th July 2023
Subject:Art and Archaeology/Archaeology

About the Book

Volume 1. Defining Indian Prehistoric Archaeology ISBN 9788193270240, 2017, Volume 2. Domestication of the Indian Subcontinent ISBN 9788193270257, 2018, Volume 3. Site Specific Studies in Indian Archaeology ISBN 9788193270264, 2023, VOLUME 1. Contents: Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword by Michel Danino Preface by V. Nagaraj 1. Beyond Stones and More Stones: Defining Indian Prehistoric Archaeology by Ravi Korisettar, 1 2. The Hunt for the Last Common Ancestor: Hominoids and Hominins in the Indian Subcontinent by Anek R. Sankhyan, 3. The Genus Homo and the African Exodus by Ravi Korisettar, 4. Out of Africa, into South Asia: A Review of Archaeological and Genetic Evidence for the Dispersal of Homo sapiens into the Indian Subcontinent by Michael Haslam, Stephen Oppenheimer and Ravi Korisettar, 5. Major Issues in South Asian Prehistory and Early History: A View from the Genome by Sheela Athreya, 6. Monsoon Climate and Marine Isotopic Stages Over the Indian Subcontinent During the Last 200,000 Years by Shraddha Band, Madhusudan G. Yadava and Rengaswamy Ramesh, 7. Quaternary Tephrochronology of the Toba Tuffs and Its Significance with Respect to Archaeological Studies in Peninsular India by John A. Westgate and Nicholas J. G. Pearce, 8. Pleistocene Geoarchaeology of the West Coast of India: Are There Palaeolithic Settlements Submerged in the Continental Shelf? by Sushama G. Deo and S.N Rajaguru, 9. Excavating Limestone Caves in India: The Billa Surgam Experience by Tam Smith, Jinu Koshy and P Aravazhi, 10. Chronological Patterns in the Indian Acheulian Culminating in the Transition to the Middle Palaeolithic by Ceri Shipton, 11. Lithics at the Crossroads: A Review of Technological Transitions in South Asia by Chris Clarkson, Clair Harris and Ceri Shipton  Subject Index. VOLUME 2. Contents: Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword: Stories from Beyond Stones and More Stones Vamsee Juluri Publisher’S Note Nagaraj Prologue Beyond Stones and More Stones: Domestication of the Indian Subcontinent Ravi korisettar People of the Half-way House: Agro-Pastoral Cultures Agricultural Origins and Frontiers in the Indian Subcontinent: A Current Synthesis Q. Fuller and Charlene Murphy The Emergence of Agriculture and Pastoralism in the Northern Maidan Region of South Deccan, South India Boivin, D.Q. Fuller, Ravi Korisettar, Ayushi Nayak and Michael Petraglia 4.Neolithic-Megalithic Zooarchaeology of Southern India Stephanie Meece 5.Lost Millets and Overlooked Pulses: Advances in Understanding Early Agricultural Developments in South India D.Q. Fuller and Eleonar Kingwell-Banham The First Monument Builders of the Indian Peninsula 6.Issues and Problems of Ashmound Research in the Neolithic South Deccan: Contemporary Perspectives Peter Johansen 7.Megaliths: New Perspectives for Future Studies Srikumar M. Menon The First Artists: Human-Animal Relationships Prehistoric Rock Art Studies in India: V.S. Wakankar and After Ravi Korisettar Cognitive interpretation of Indian Rock Art in Perspective Urmi Gohsh-Biswas and V.H. Sonawane Painted Rockshelters in the Erramalai Tablelands (Mesas), Proterozoic Kurnool Basin, Andhra Pradesh Jinu Koshy, Malar Koshy, Ravi Korisettar, Ajay Kumar and Ramesh Masethung Neolithic-Megalithic Rock Art of Northern Maidan, South Deccan: Legacies, Understandings and New Directions David Robinson Neolithic-Iron Age Rock Art in the Northern Maidan of Karnataka: Recent Survey Arjun Epilogue Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cultural Trajectories and Regional Environments of the Indian Subcontinent: Geodynamics, Holocene Monsoon Dynamics, Geomorphic Provinces and Cultural Unity in Diversity Ravi Korisettar Index VOLUME 3. Contents: Contributors, Acknowledgements, Foreword: Susmita Pande, Preface: V Nagaraj, 1. Acheulian to Middle Palaeolithic Transition at Anandapuram Agraharam Complex: Eastern Foothills of the Velikonda Range, Andhra Pradesh by Devara Anil, P Ajithprasad, Vrushab Mahesh and Zakir Khan, 2. Geometric Morphometrics and Handaxe Shape at Bankaneri in the Proterozoic Kaladgi Basin, Karnataka, South India by Madhavi Kunneriath, Ravi Korisettar, Claire Gaillard, Michael Petraglia and M Gema Chacon, 3. A Reappraisal of Kashmir Neolithic: with Special Reference to Radiocarbon Chronology and Archaeobotany by Mumtaz A Yatoo, Mohammad Ajmal Shah, Michael Spate and Alison Betts, 4. Surveying and Collecting Integrated Data for the Neolithic Ashmounds of Southern India by Marco Madella, Ravi Korisettar, Ulla Rajala, Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Carla Lancelotti and Oscar Parque, 5. Unfolding the Landscape of the Southern Neolithic: Recent Explorations at Tekkalakota by Namita Sanjay Sugandhi and V Shobha 6. From the Southern Neolithic to the Iron Age: A View from Kadebakele by K D Morrison, C M Sinopoli, K Wilcox Black, M Trivedi, A Bauer, M Lycett, S Haricharan, J Bates and S Reddy, 7. Piklihal Revisited: A Diverse Neolithic and Early Historic Crop Assemblage and Insights into the Evolution of Farming in the Southern Deccan by Dorian Q Fuller, Ravi Korisettar and Charlene Murphy, 8. Medieval Mosangi: Settlement, Land Use and the Making olf Political Landscapes in the Raichur Doab by Peter G Johansen and Andrew M Bauer, 9. Visualising Animal and Anthropomorphic Relatiolnships at Maski, Northern Karnataka by Jemma Singleton, 10. Rock Art of the Aravallis by Riza Abbas, 11. Digital Documentation Techniques for Understanding Megalithic Landscapes in South India by Akinori Uesugi, Index.