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The origins and spread of agriculture and pastoralism in northwestern South Asia
origins and spread of agriculture and pastoralism in eurasia • London • Published In 1996 • Pages: 390-412
By: Meadow, Richard H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Meadow writes about, '…northwestern South Asia and the first two agricultural transformations, namely, those that took place between about 7500 and 5500 BC and between about 2500 and 1500 BC.' (page 390). Only the material that pertains to the earlier transformation was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes and most of this early material comes from the site of Mehrgarh. Included in this discussion on Neolithic Mehrgarh are the domestication of cereal crops, perhaps cotton, and goats, sheep, and cattle.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Fauna
- Flora
- Pastoral activities
- Cereal agriculture
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Indus Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 9000 BP- 7500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mehrgarh, Kachhi, Balochistan, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard H. Meadow
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-412)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97149848
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period