book chapter
Archaeological and cultural history of north Bihar: with special reference to Neolithic-Chirand
Ramanand Vidya Bhawan • (32) • Published In 1994 • Pages: i-iii, v, vii, ix-x, 1-26, 73-147
By: Sinha, Harendra Prasad.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Neolithic Chirand culture which settled on the northern bank of the Ganga River in the modern district of Saran, Bihar, northern India. This period, as represented at Chirand, is characterized by permanent settlements, a food producing (agricultural) economy supplemented by hunting and fishing, animal husbandry, ground stone and bone tools and weapons, and at a later stage, pottery. After a brief introduction to the geography of the area, Sinha focuses his attention on the manufacture of stone and bone tools and weapons, as well as other bone, ivory and shell objects produced by these Neolithic people. Several successive non-Neolithic cultures at Chirand are also discussed by the author, but these have not been indexed for OCM categories. The document concludes with a number of drawings and plates representing the various artifacts found at the Chirand excavations. The captions for these plates will be found at the beginning of the document under 'List of Plates' on pages ix-x.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Ornament
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ganges Neolithic
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Harendra Prasad Sinha
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94905536
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- India--Antiquities