Excavations at Gilund : : The Artifacts and Other Studies / / ed. by Teresa P. Raczek, Vasant Shinde, Gregory L. Possehl.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Ameri, Marta,; Dasgupta Ghosh, Debasri,; Giorgio, Lorena,; Gullapalli, Praveena,; Hanlon, Julie A.,; Johansen, Peter,; Landt, Matthew J.,; Possehl, Gregory L.,; Raczek, Teresa P.,; Shinde, Vasant,; Sinha Deshpande, Shweta,
• HerausgeberIn: Possehl, Gregory L.,; Raczek, Teresa P.,; Shinde, Vasant,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 427 illus.

Located in the Mewar region of Rajasthan, India, Gilund is the largest known site of the Ahar-Banas Cultural Complex, a large agropastoral group that was contemporaneous with and flanked by the Indus Civilization. Occupied during the Chalcolithic and Early Historic periods, the ancient site of Gilund holds significant clues to understanding third millennium B.C.E cultural interactions in South Asia and beyond.Excavations at Gilund provides a full analysis of the artifacts recovered during the five-year excavation project conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and Deccan College. The excavators investigated the regional development of early farming villages, their shifting subsistence practices, their economy and trade with other cultures, and the traces of Gilund's transition from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age. Their findings shed light on the extent and nature of early trade networks, the rise of early complex societies, and the symbolic and ideological beliefs of this region. This volume synthesizes new discoveries with previous findings and considers Gilund in a broader regional and global context, making it the most comprehensive presentation of archaeological data for this region to date.Contributors: Marta Ameri, Shweta Sinha Deshpande, Debasri Dasgupta Ghosh, Lorena Giorgio, Praveena Gullapalli, Julie Hanlon, Peter Johansen, Matthew Landt, Gregory L. Possehl, Teresa P. Raczek, Vasant Shinde.University Museum Monograph, 138

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Excavations at Gilund 1999-2005: The Artifacts and Other Studies -- 2. Excavation Methods and Stratigraphy -- 3. Chalcolithic Structures and Features -- 4. Excavation of Early Historic Deposits, Gilund 1999-2001 -- 5. Site Catchment Analysis -- 6. Ceramic Assemblages at Gilund -- 7. Ceramic Sequence of Gilund (Index Trench 4F) -- 8. The Gilund Antiquities -- 9. Report on the Seal Impressions and Related Small Finds -- 10. Lithics at Gilund -- 11. Faunal Remains from Gilund -- 12. Synthesizing Gilund: A Summary and Discussion of Excavation Finds -- Appendix 1: Radiocarbon Dates for Gilund -- Appendix 2: List of Supervisors and Student Participants in the Gilund Excavations, 1999-2005 -- Bibliography -- Index