book chapter
Neolithic culture of eastern India
Ramanand Vidya Bhawan • (16) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 23-57, 63-114 , plates
By: Verma, Atul Kumar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major focus of this work is on the archaeological site of Chirand on the bank of the river Ghaghara, eleven kilometers east of the Saran district headquarters of Chapra, in Bihar, India. Verma describes in detail the various stone and bone tools and artifacts made by the Neolithic people of Chirand, including information on microliths, beads and pendants, terracotta figurines and miscellaneous objects, and pottery. Throughout the text the author makes frequent comparisons between the artifacts and technologies found at Chirand with other Neolithic cultures in India.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- 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 Atul Kumar Verma
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-102) and index
- Only pages 23-57, 63-14, plates and figures are included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90900570
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- India--Antiquities