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 Gilun...

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