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Tradition summary: Central Indian Neolithic
HRAF • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2002 • Pages:
By: Shinde, Vasant, Deshpande, Shweta Sinha, Berry, Sarah H. (Archaeologist).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Central Indian Neolithic archaeological tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Indian Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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.
- Unknown
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5000-3100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- India
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Vasant Shinde, Shweta Sinha Deshpande, and Sarah Berry (synopsis and indexing notes)
- The major tradition summary is from the article, 'Central Indian Neolithic,' by Vasant Shinde and Shweta Sinha Deshpande in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2001-2002. It was edited and abridged by Sarah Berry in 2001. We thank Vasant Shinde, Shweta Sinha Deshpande and Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--India