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Early farming communities of central India
Man & environment • 19 (1-2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 159-168
By: Dhavalikar, M. K. (Madhukar Keshav).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Dhavalikar presents a synopsis of the Kayatha, Ahar and Malwa cultures by describing the Chalcolithic finds from (mainly) the sites of Kayatha, Ahar, and Navda Toli. Dhavalikar discusses ceramics, copper artifacts, beads, houses, fortifications, subsistence and a little about the religion along with the likely Harrapan origins of these cultures.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Comparative evidence
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- article
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4400 BP-3300 BP (2400 B.C.-1300 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central India
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. K. Dhavalikar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77912049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--India