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Non-human genetics, agricultural origins and historical linguistics in South Asia
evolution and history of human populations in south asia: inter-disciplinary studies in archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and genetics • Dordrecht • Published In 2007 • Pages: 393-443
By: Fuller, Dorian Q..
Abstract
The author explores the origins of domestication—including the distributions of wild species of plants and animals found throughout South Asia, but mainly in India and Pakistan—as a means of examining agricultural dispersals, human migrations, and language shifts. It is possible that particular varieties of indigenous flora and fauna were more-or-less independently domesticated in a number of regions of the subcontinent. Word lists for many species of plants and some species of animals in Proto-Dravidian, Proto-Munda, Para-Munda, Indo-Aryan, and Language X are provided. For the purposes of this collection, materials from this wide-ranging study pertaining to the Early Indus through Vedic traditions are considered relevant, with content outside these traditions treated as "Comparative Evidence" and/or "Historical Reconstruction."
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeobotanist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2014
- Field Date
- Not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 5000-3000 BP
- Coverage Place
- India and Pakistan
- Notes
- Dorian Q. Fuller
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-443)
- LCCN
- 2007427743
- LCSH
- Indus civilization