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The origin and development of the Chalcolithic in central India
Indo-Pacific Prehistrory Association bulletin • 19 • Published In 2000 • Pages: 125-136
By: Shinde, Vasant.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Shinde explores the origins and development of village life in central India with an emphasis on the excavations at the site of Balathal. Villages developed independently in central India, but '…later flourished due to the establishment of close contacts with the Harappans. The creation by the Chalcolithic people at Balathal of monumental and complex buildings, the presence of tan ware and Harappan-like copper objects, may all have been the result of such contact.' (page 134).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4900 BP-3700 BP (2900 B.C.-1700 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
- Vasant Shinde
- Includes bibliographical references (p.134-136)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--India