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Discerning Palates of the Past - An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,405
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Discerning Palates of the Past - An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India (Paperback, New)

Seetha Narahari Reddy

Series: International Monographs in Prehistory: Ethnoarchaeology Series

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This book analyzes the agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the Mature and Late Harappan cultures (ca. 2500-1700 BC) of northwest India. The economic role of drought-resistant millet crops is reconstructed using ethnographic studies of crop processing, palaeoethnobotany, and carbon isotope analysis. Reddy reveals that simply recovering crop seeds from archaeological contexts does not confirm local crop cultivation, and she suggests that agricultural production of millet crops for human food and for animal fodder may have been economically interwoven in the Harappan civilization. New directions are provided for discerning archaeologically how pastoralism and agriculture may be integrated in complex economic systems.

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Imprint: International Monographs in Prehistory
Country of origin: United States
Series: International Monographs in Prehistory: Ethnoarchaeology Series
Release date: April 2003
First published: April 2003
Authors: Seetha Narahari Reddy
Dimensions: 280 x 216mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 175
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-879621-36-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Environmental archaeology
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN: 1-879621-36-3
Barcode: 9781879621367

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