Manjil Hazarika

Prehistory and Archaeology of Northeast India

Multidisciplinary Investigation in an Archaeological Terra Incognita

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Produktbeschreibung

The book is a multi-disciplinary approach and has as its the objective the reconstruction of the subsistence strategies and way of life of the prehistoric communities in Northeast India and their movements, dispersals and settlements. This evidence is gathered from ecological, ethnographical, anthropological and genetic sciences to inspire an interpretation of the available archaeological data for examining linguistic hypotheses of early migration and dispersals of people in this region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199474660
• ISBN-10: 0199474664
• Artikelnr.: 47865108

Autorenporträt

Manjil Hazarika is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Archaeology, Cotton College State University in Guwahati.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables, Maps and Figures
* Foreword by George van Driem
* Preface
* Chapter 1 - Introduction
* Chapter 2- Man and Environment in Ecological Perspective
* Chapter 3- Linguistic Groups: Their Origin and Dispersals
* Chapter4- The Archaeological Record: A Synthesis of Earlier Research
* Chapter5- The Archaeological Record: Field explorations at Garbhanga
reserve forest
* Chapter6- Northeast India as an Indigenous Centre for the
Domestication of Plants and Animals
* Chapter7- Synthesis and Conclusion
* References
* Index
* About the author