50 Years After Daojali-Hading
Author: Tiatoshi Jamir
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788189131906
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →T.C. Sharma, Indian archaeologist; contributed articles.
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Entangled Lives
Author: Joy L. K. Pachuau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-09-30
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 1009215477
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Entangled Lives is a case study in environmental history, multispecies history, more-than-human history, posthumanism, and environmental humanities. Its main objective is to foreground that history is co-created, but that its contours are locally specific.
The Routledge Companion to Northeast India
Author: Jelle J. P. Wouters
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-09-30
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1000636992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia. It provides a unique guide to prevailing themes, theories, arguments, and history of Northeast India by discussing its life-forms – human and not – languages, landscapes, and lifeways in all its diversity and difference. The companion contains authoritative entries from leading specialists from and on the region and offers clear, concise, and illuminating explanations of key themes and ideas. A hands-on, practical, and comprehensive guide to Northeast India, this companion fills a significant gap in the literature and will be an invaluable teaching, learning, and research resource for scholars and students of Northeast India Studies, South Asian and Southeast Asian societies, culture, politics, humanities, and the social sciences in general.
Quaternary Geoarchaeology of India
Author: N. Tiwari
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2023-03-29
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1786205483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Quaternary Period in South Asia has a very prolonged and diverse history. Within this region, India represents various technological and cultural phases of hominin occupation adapting to different ecological zones throughout the Quaternary Period. The earliest records of this occupation can be traced back to 1.5 Ma ago and possibly to c. 2 Ma ago. Archaeological evidence has been reported from all known phases in India, showing a continuous record of occupation from the Early Pleistocene onwards and reflecting adaptation by multiple hominin species over time. This book aims to highlight recent advances in the Quaternary geoarchaeology by showcasing diverse methods such as archaeology, geology, palaeoclimatology, sedimentology, GIS, remote sensing and taphonomy. It presents a collection of papers that address various geoarchaeological aspects from different regions in India, within the time frame of the Early Pleistocene to Anthropocene. This volume provides an opportunity for new data to be disseminated, particularly by young researchers and, within the framework of worldwide research issues, it promotes new geoarchaeological perspectives from India.
Megaliths of the World
Author: Luc Laporte
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2022-08-22
Total Pages: 1436
ISBN-13: 1803273216
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bringing together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world, 150 researchers offer 72 articles, providing a region-by region account in their specialist areas, and a summary of the current state of knowledge. Highlighting salient themes, the book is vital to anyone interested in the phenomenon of megalithic monumentality.
Numbers in India’s Periphery: Political Economy of Government Statistics
Author: Ankush Agrawal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-10-29
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 110848672X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exciting account of how government statistics in developing countries are social artefacts dynamically shaped by political and economic contexts.
The Cultural Heritage of Meghalaya
Author: Queenbala Marak
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-02-28
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 1000071820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The state of Meghalaya, formed on 21 January 1972, is a state of fascinating socio-cultural significance. Its heritage can be traced from the prehistoric times of Stone Age up to the present. Though comprising mainly of the matrilineal Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia tribes – the state also houses many other lesser known communities such as the Hajong,Sakachep, Biate, Koch, Dalu, Margnar and the Nepali. All these communities find voice in this volume. This book looks at the state of Meghalaya exhaustively from the perspective of heritage documentation and maintenance. The 38 chapters written by anthropologists and independent researchers, present the rich traditions found in the region. This volume will be of great help to academicians, researchers, students, and laymen interested in a comprehensive study of the region. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
Language Dispersal Beyond Farming
Author: Martine Robbeets
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2017-12-21
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9027264643
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why do some languages wither and die, while others prosper and spread? Around the turn of the millennium a number of archaeologists such as Colin Renfrew and Peter Bellwood made the controversial claim that many of the world’s major language families owe their dispersal to the adoption of agriculture by their early speakers. In this volume, their proposal is reassessed by linguists, investigating to what extent the economic dependence on plant cultivation really impacted language spread in various parts of the world. Special attention is paid to "tricky" language families such as Eskimo-Aleut, Quechua, Aymara, Bantu, Indo-European, Transeurasian, Turkic, Japano-Koreanic, Hmong-Mien and Trans-New Guinea, that cannot unequivocally be regarded as instances of Farming/Language Dispersal, even if subsistence played a role in their expansion.
Religion in Early Assam
Author: Rena Laisram
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019-04-18
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1527533468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume offers a fresh approach to the existing literature on religion in Early Assam, bringing together perspectives from the fields of archaeology, religion, history and heritage. For decades, the Naraka legend has been incorporated into history without due critical attention and analysis of the historical context, while archaeological studies in religion have been largely descriptive. The sacred landscape of the erstwhile Prāgjyotiṣa and Kāmarūpa kingdoms had linkages with the history of other parts of India, and beyond. This book offers a comprehensive reconstruction of religion in Early Assam based on an exhaustive use of archaeological sources. It opens with a useful overview of the conceptual and methodological foundations of religion, archaeology and history. Heritage conservation of sacred sites such as Kāmākhyā which face the impact of rapid urbanization illustrates implications for Assam’s history and identity.
Materiality and Visuality in North East India
Author: Tiplut Nongbri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-07-16
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9811619700
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This edited book set in the context of North East India explores issues concerning symbols, meanings, representations, and social implications of materiality and visuality, as well as the dynamics of power, social reproduction, ideological dominance and knowledge production, from an interdisciplinary perspective. It seeks to answer the question of why some things matter more than others or what happens when certain things are made more visible than others. The book provides valuable insights into the process of identity construction through the use of cultural sources, both material and visual. Following on the debates/discussions on material and visual culture in the 1970s and 1980s, the book argues that instead of viewing objects as mere representation(s), one should see them as active agents in creating perceptions, bodily practices, discourses and perceptions of our social world. Each chapter in the book unravels and engages with these pertinent issues in order to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of the status quo. The book is of interest to scholars of ethnicity, identity construction, politics and state, cultural studies, media studies, visual, social and cultural anthropology and sociology, as well as lay readers who want to learn more about the region.
