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The lithic Blade-tool tradition of the South Indian Neolithic culture

Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute72/73Published In 2013 • Pages: 111-138

By: Paddayya, K..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author discusses the findings from fieldwork done in the Shorapur Doab and at the site of Budihal, concentrating on describing finds from excavations at Budihal and on blade-tools found throughout the region.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Archaeological excavation methods
Mineral resources
Pastoral activities
Lithic industries
Settlement patterns
General tools
Cultural stratigraphy
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
1965-1968, 1988-1997
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
4700-3000 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Yadgir district, Karnataka, India
NotesAdditional notes
K. Paddayya
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-138)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
47021378
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Excavations (Archaeology)--India