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Farming in the Chalcolithic Deccan, India: c. 2000-1000 B. C.
Tools and tillage • 5 (4) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 214-227
By: Shinde, Vasant.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author reconstructs early agricultural techniques and practices in Maharashtra, based on the artifacts found in Chalcolithic settlements and using ethnographic analogy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Soil
- Comparative evidence
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Preservation and storage of food
- Land use
- Water supply
- General tools
- 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
- 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; 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
- 4000-3000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maharashtra, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Vasant Shinde
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74017794
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--India