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Finding plant domestication in the Indian subcontinent

Current anthropology • 52 • Published In 2011 • Pages: s347-s362

By: Fuller, Dorian Q..

Abstract
The author explores areas of possible plant domestication in India and the likely wild progenitors of cultivars, concentrating on five areas: South India, Odisha, the middle Ganges, the Saurashtra Peninsula, and the Indo-Gangetic divide.
Subjects
Fauna
Flora
Comparative evidence
Historical reconstruction
Acculturation and culture contact
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Vegetable production
Settlement patterns
tradition
South Indian Chalcolithic
HRAF PubDate
2018
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeobotanist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2018
Field Date
no date given
Coverage Date
9000-2700 BP
Coverage Place
India
Notes
by Dorian Q. Fuller
Includes bibliographical references (p. s360-s362)
LCCN
a 63000576
LCSH
Excavations (Archaeology)--India