Book
Excavations at Kaothe
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute • Pune • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Dhavalikar, M. K. (Madhukar Keshav), Shinde, Vasant, Atre, Shubhangana.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a report on the findings from the excavations at Kaothe, a single cultural component, seasonal, early farming community in Maharashtra. In comparison to other Chalcolithic sites, Kaothe has very few stone tools and an abundance of bone tools. The fieldwork itself is briefly described.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Fauna
- Tillage
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1959, 1984-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4200-3800 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaothe, Dhule district, Maharashtra, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by M.K. Dhavalikar, Vasant Shinde, Shubhangana Atre
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90908787
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--India
- Kaothe Site (India)