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Socio-ritual artifacts of upper paleolithic hunter-gatherers in south Asia
south asian archaeology studies • New Delhi • Published In 1992 • Pages: 233-251
By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author discusses various artifacts (many lacking secure dating) from throughout the subcontinent that may have ritual significance, concentrating on a probable shrine at the site of Baghor I in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Lithic industries
- Visual arts
- Sacred objects and places
- Ethnogeography
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 30,000-8000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
- Includes bibliographical references (p.249-251)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93900626
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- South Asian Upper Paleolithic