Discerning Palates of the Past
An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2003
175 pages
978-1-78920-183-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book analyzes the agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the Mature and Late Harappan cultures (ca. 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. Reddy reveals that simply recovering crop seeds from archaeological contexts does not confirm local crop cultivation, and she suggests that agricultural production of millet crops for human food and for animal fodder may have been economically interwoven in the Harappan civilization. New directions are provided for discerning archaeologically how pastoralism and agriculture may be integrated in complex economic systems.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; 69 Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-78920-183-3 (9781789201833)
DOI
10.3167/9781879621374
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Discerning Palates of the Past
An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India
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04/2003
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Seetha Narahari Reddy
Discerning Palates of the Past
An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India
Book
04/2003
1st Edition
International Monographs in Prehistory
€180.99
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
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Seetha Narahari Reddy is a Principal Investigator with Reddy Anthropology Consulting.
Content
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
Glossary
References
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
Glossary
References
