Mapping archaeology while mapping an empire: Using historical maps to reconstruct ancient settlement landscapes in modern India and Pakistan
A range of data sources are now used to support the process of archaeological prospection,
including remote sensed imagery, spy satellite photographs and aerial photographs. This …
including remote sensed imagery, spy satellite photographs and aerial photographs. This …
[HTML][HTML] Killing the priest-king: Addressing egalitarianism in the Indus civilization
AS Green - Journal of archaeological research, 2021 - Springer
The cities of the Indus civilization were expansive and planned with large-scale architecture
and sophisticated Bronze Age technologies. Despite these hallmarks of social complexity …
and sophisticated Bronze Age technologies. Despite these hallmarks of social complexity …
Reconstructing long-term settlement histories on complex alluvial floodplains by integrating historical map analysis and remote-sensing: An archaeological analysis of …
Alluvial floodplains were one of the major venues of the development and long-term
transformation of urban agrarian-based societies. The historical relationship between …
transformation of urban agrarian-based societies. The historical relationship between …
Re-discovering ancient landscapes: Archaeological survey of mound features from historical maps in northwest India and implications for investigating the large-scale …
Incomplete datasets curtail the ability of archaeologists to investigate ancient landscapes,
and there are archaeological sites whose locations remain unknown in many parts of the …
and there are archaeological sites whose locations remain unknown in many parts of the …
An interdisciplinary framework for using archaeology, history and collective action to enhance India's agricultural resilience and sustainability
South Asia has a deep history of agriculture that includes a range of past farming systems in
different climatic zones. Many of these farming systems were resilient to changes in climate …
different climatic zones. Many of these farming systems were resilient to changes in climate …
Of revenue without rulers: Public goods in the egalitarian cities of the Indus civilization
AS Green - Frontiers in Political Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The archaeology of collective action addresses a widespread myth about the past–that
premodern societies were despotic, and only produced public goods when everyday people …
premodern societies were despotic, and only produced public goods when everyday people …
Revisiting settlement contemporaneity and exploring stability and instability: case studies from the Indus civilization
CA Petrie, F Lynam - Journal of Field Archaeology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT “Map overestimation,” or “the contemporaneity problem,” derives from the
assumption that settlements identified during surface surveys were occupied throughout …
assumption that settlements identified during surface surveys were occupied throughout …
New insights into the geological evolution of palaeorivers and their relationship to the Indus Civilization and Early Historic settlements on the plains of Haryana, NW …
The Quaternary sediments and landscapes of the plains of northwestern Haryana and the
ancient settlement mounds distributed across them have great potential to reveal the history …
ancient settlement mounds distributed across them have great potential to reveal the history …
Prehistoric landscapes, humans and ostriches: highlighting geoarchaeological issues in the Tapi Basin of Maharashtra (west-central India)–a multidisciplinary …
P Sukumaran, HC Li, JP Lin, PR Chauhan - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The formal beginning of geoarchaeology in India can be traced back to 1863 when the first
palaeolith was documented and collected by Robert Bruce Foote in Tamil Nadu and later …
palaeolith was documented and collected by Robert Bruce Foote in Tamil Nadu and later …