{"product_id":"a-companion-to-south-asia-in-the-past-hardback-9781119055488","title":"A Companion to South Asia in the Past (Hardback) 9781119055488","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to South Asia in the Past\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGwen Robbins Schug (Author), Subhash R. Walimbe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119055488, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 May 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e600 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17 x 3.3 cm, 0.975 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to South Asia in the Past\u003c\/i\u003e provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormal Dedication xviii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eV.N. Misra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xx\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngela R. Lieverse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGwen Robbins Schug and Subhash R. Walimbe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Paleoanthropology in South Asia 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Mammalian Paleodiversity and Ecology of Siwalik Primates in India and Nepal 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRajan Gaur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Decade of Paleoanthropology in the Indian Subcontinent (2005–2015) 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParth R. Chauhan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Archaic Genomes and the Peopling of South Asia 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Stoneking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Out of Africa and into South Asia: The Evidence from Paleolithic Archaeology 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRavi Korisettar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Hominin Fossil Remains from the Narmada Valley 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.R. Sankhyan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Mesolithic Foragers of the Ganges Plain and Adjoining Hilly Regions of the Vindhyas 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.N. Pal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Mesolithic Foragers of the Ganges Plain: Pathology, Stature, and Subsistence 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Lukacs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Middle Holocene Farmers and Urban Dwellers 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Current Perspectives on the Harappan Civilization 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVasant Shinde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Excavations at Harappa, 1986–2010: New Insights on the Indus Civilization and Harappan Burial Traditions 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.M. Kenoyer and R.H. Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Bioarchaeology of the Indus Valley Civilization: Biological Affinities, Paleopathology, and Chemical Analyses 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy C. Lovell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 More than Origins: Refining Migration in the Indus Civilization 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Valentine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Aryans and the Indus Civilization: Archaeological, Skeletal, and Molecular Evidence 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichel Danino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Ahar Culture and Others: Social Spectrums of the Mewar Plain 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa P. Raczek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Archaeology of the Late Holocene on the Deccan Plateau (The Deccan Chalcolithic) 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrabodh Shirvalkar and Esha Prasad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Center Cannot Hold: A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Environmental Crisis in the Second Millennium bce, South Asia 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGwen Robbins Schug and Kelly Elaine Blevins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The “Gandhara Grave Culture”: New Perspectives on Protohistoric Cemeteries in Northern and Northwestern Pakistan 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuhammad Zahir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Historic Archaeology: Monuments and Meaning 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Early Iron Age Megalith Builders of Vidarbha: A Historical View 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eP.S. Joshi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Situating Iron Age Monuments in South India: A Textual and Ethnographic Approach 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eK. Rajan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 A Review of Early Historic Urbanization in India 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReshma Sawant and Gurudas Shete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Historical and Medieval Period Archaeology 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonica L. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Transition to Agricultural Production in India: South Asian Entanglements of Domestication 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlene A. Murphy and Dorian Q. Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 From Millet to Rice (and Back Again?): Cuisine, Cultivation, and Health in Southern India 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathleen D. Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Death and Burial among Two Ancient High]Altitude Communities of Nepal 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Aldenderfer and Jacqueline T. Eng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV South Asia in Retrospect 399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Prehistoric Archaeology in Bangladesh: An Overview 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShahnaj Husne Jahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Archaeology of Nepal 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrakash Darnal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Peopling of Sri Lanka from Prehistoric to Historic Times: Biological and Archaeological Evidence 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamanti Kulatilake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Theoretical Archaeology in India: An Anthropological Perspective 437\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eK. Paddayya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Moving Forward, Looking Back: The Collective Memory of Indian Anthropology 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbhik Ghosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Anthropology and Museums in India 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKishor K. Basa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Human Skeletal Studies: Changing Trends in Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubhash R. Walimbe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Where Are They Now? The Human Skeletal Remains from India 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eV. Mushrif-Tripathy, K.S. Chakraborty, and S. 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