Weber, Steven A. (Editor)
Belcher, William R. (Editor)
Lexington Books
Physical Details: xx + 441 pp.; ill.; maps; index
Language: English
Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives From the Field is a unique and fascinating collection of interdisciplinary essays that study the Indus or Harappan Civilization of South Asia, one of the earliest urban civilizations. The essays in this volume utilize an ethnobiological approach to offer fresh insights into the sociocultural adaptations of the Indus people, as well as into urbanism and ecological and cultural change. Each article, written by a prominent scholar working in the region, studies animal and plant remains in order to explore issues such as environment, vegetation history, habitat exploitation, pastoralism, subsistence systems and agriculture. Incorporating biological, anthropological, and archeological theory, Indus Ethnobiology exemplifies what ethnobiology is and ought to be: a powerful source of ideas about the interrelationships between living organisms and human culture.
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Chapter Possehl, Gregory L. (2003) The Indus Civilization: An Introduction to Environment, Subsistence and Cultural History. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 1-20).
Chapter Tengberg, Margareta; Thiébault, Stéphanie (2003) Vegetation History and Wood Exploitation in Pakistani Baluchistan from the Neolithic to the Harappan Period: The Evidence from Charcoal Analysis. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 21-63).
Chapter Meadow, Richard H.; Patel, Ajita K. (2003) Prehistoric Pastoralism in Northwestern South Asia from the Neolithic through the Harappan Period. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 65-93).
Chapter Belcher, William R. (2003) Fish Exploitation of the Indus Valley Tradition. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 95-174).
Chapter Weber, Steven A. (2003) Archaeobotany at Harappa: Indications for Change. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 175-198).
Chapter Madella, Marco (2003) Investigating Agriculture and Environment in South Asia: Present and Future Contributions from Opal Phytoliths. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 199-249).
Chapter Miller, Laura J. (2003) Secondary Products and Urbanism in South Asia: The Evidence for Traction at Harappa. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 251-325).
Chapter Reddy, Seetha N. (2003) Food and Fodder: Plant Usage and Changing Sociocultural Landscapes during the Harappan Phase in Gujarat, India. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 327-341).
Chapter Fuller, Dorian Q. (2003) Indus and Non-Indus Agricultural Traditions: Local Developments and Crop Adoptions on the Indian Peninsula. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 343-396).
Chapter Thomas, Kenneth D. (2003) Minimizing Risk? Approaches to Pre-Harappan Human Ecology on the North-West Margin of the Greater Indus System. In: Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives from the Field (pp. 397-429).
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