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Dating the Neolithic of South India: new radiometric evidence for key economic, social and ritual transformations
Antiquity • 81 (313) • Published In 2007 • Pages: 755-778
By: Fuller, Dorian Q., Boivin, Nicole, Korisettar, Ravi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors use Bayesian analysis of newly available radiocarbon dates for South India Neolithic ashmounds along with previous dates to better understand the chronology of ashmounds, herding, and the start of village life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Pastoral activities
- Settlement patterns
- Fire
- Sacred objects and places
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5000 -2800 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dorian Q. Fuller, Nicole Boivin and Ravi Korisettar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 776-778)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29021740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--India