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The Deccan Chalcolithic: a recent perspective
Man and environment • 19 (1-2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 169-178
By: Shinde, Vasant.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of the Deccan Chalcolithic, covering the diagnostic characteristics of the phases, the possible role of Saurashtra Harappans in the introduction of certain technologies, and the cultural changes that occurred during the period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 4000-2700 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maharashtra and northern Karnataka, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vasant Shinde
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--India