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Tradition Summary: South Indian Chalcolithic

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The South Indian Chalcolithic Tradition includes the Neolithic/Chalcolithic cultures of the Deccan Plateau, or the middle and upper Tapti (Tapi), the Godavari, the Krishna, and the Cauvery (Kaveri) river drainages. A mixed subsistence strategy based on agriculture and pastoralism yet still quite reliant on wild resources varied both regionally and over time. There was a basic two-tiered settlement system—with evidence for planning and elite housing in larger, often strategically located sites—supplemented by a variety of special-purpose sites, indicating a chiefdom-level society with some degree of occupational specialization and control of trade.

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