Book
The first farmers of the Deccan
Ravish Publishers • Pune • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Dhavalikar, M. K. (Madhukar Keshav).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides an overview of the first farming communities, mainly in Maharashtra. The Early and Late Jorwe, Late Harappan, Malwa, and Savalda phases (or subtraditions) are described. Particular attention is given to settlements and settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, ceramics, the arts, and disposal of the dead.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Diet
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Production and supply
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- South Indian Chalcolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- 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
- 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; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4000-2700 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and northern Karnataka, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- M.K. Dhavalikar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-77) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89900738
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Copper age--India--Deccan
- Economics, Prehistoric--India--Deccan
- Social archaeology--India--Deccan
- Deccan (India)--Antiquities
- India--Antiquities