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An upper paleolithic shrine in India
Antiquity • 57 (220) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 88-94
By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M., Clark, J. Desmond (John Desmond), Pal, J. N., Sharma, G. R. (Govardhan Raj).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Excavations at the site of Baghor I uncovered what probably was a shrine to the goddess or female principle. The authors discuss how they came to this conclusion, and briefly report on the other archaeological findings at the site.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Comparative evidence
- Miscellaneous structures
- Ethnogeography
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- South Asian Upper Paleolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980, 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 11,000-10,000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Baghor I, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- J.M. Kenoyer, J.D. Clark, J.N. Pal, and G.R. Sharma
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 94)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29021740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- South Asian Upper Paleolithic