Discerning Palates of the Past - An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India

This book analyses the agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the Mature and Late Harappan cultures (c. 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.

List of contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Plants, Past and Present: An Introduction

Chapter 2. Archaeological Context and the Scope of Inquiry

Chapter 3. The Living Past: Ethnographic Crop Processing Studies

Chapter 4. The Search for Patterns: Ethnographic Modeling and Archaeological Relevance

Chapter 5. Going Beyond Carbonized Seed Lists: Paleoethnobotanical Research

Chapter 6. If the Threshing Floor Could Talk: Testing the Ethnographic Models

Chapter 7. Modeling Animal Diet and Fodder Acquisition

Chapter 8. Conclusion: Discerning Palates, Plant Usage and Subsistence

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About the author

Seetha Narahari Reddy is a Principal Investigator with Reddy Anthropology Consulting.

Product details

• Authors: Seetha Narahari Reddy
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9781879621374
• ISBN: 978-1-879621-37-4
• No. of pages: 175
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 282 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Series: Ethnoarchaeological Series; International Monographs in Pr; Ethnoarchaeological Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous