Author: Mortimer Wheeler
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521069588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book discusses climate and dating of the Indus Valley civilization and Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarizes other contributions to the study.
The Indus Civilization
Author: Mortimer Wheeler
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521069588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book discusses climate and dating of the Indus Valley civilization and Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarizes other contributions to the study.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521069588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book discusses climate and dating of the Indus Valley civilization and Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarizes other contributions to the study.
Frontiers of the Indus Civilization
Author: Mortimer Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The Indus Civilization
Author: Gregory L. Possehl
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759101722
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A brief introduction to the history, archaeology, art, language, and culture of the Indus Valley civilization, written by the leading North American Indus archaeologist.
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759101722
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A brief introduction to the history, archaeology, art, language, and culture of the Indus Valley civilization, written by the leading North American Indus archaeologist.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
The Archaeology of South Asia
Author: Robin Coningham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316418987
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas in social and economic development. The authors explore how narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic archaeological record.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316418987
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas in social and economic development. The authors explore how narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic archaeological record.
Third Millennium BC Climate Change and Old World Collapse
Author: H. Nüzhet Dalfes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642606164
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 733
Book Description
Around 4000 years ago the advanced urban civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and India suddenly collapsed. What happened? Did a prolonged drought cause the breakdown of social order? Recent discoveries from all over the world strongly support the suspected link of the collapse with climate. The volume presents the findings of more than 40 researchers and provides a review on the relevant information. It appears that a major shift of the precipitation pattern affected many parts of the world at approximately the same time, with disastrous effects on the nomadic populations of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Can a similar climate shift with a serious adverse impact on society happen again? In a world facing global warming, there could be many lessons to be learned from the experiences of ancient societies.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642606164
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 733
Book Description
Around 4000 years ago the advanced urban civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and India suddenly collapsed. What happened? Did a prolonged drought cause the breakdown of social order? Recent discoveries from all over the world strongly support the suspected link of the collapse with climate. The volume presents the findings of more than 40 researchers and provides a review on the relevant information. It appears that a major shift of the precipitation pattern affected many parts of the world at approximately the same time, with disastrous effects on the nomadic populations of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Can a similar climate shift with a serious adverse impact on society happen again? In a world facing global warming, there could be many lessons to be learned from the experiences of ancient societies.
The Archaeology of Measurement
Author: Iain Morley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521119901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Explores the archaeological evidence for the development of measuring activities in numerous ancient societies and the implications of these discoveries.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521119901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Explores the archaeological evidence for the development of measuring activities in numerous ancient societies and the implications of these discoveries.
The Ancient Indus Valley
Author: Jane R. McIntosh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576079082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles. The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives takes readers back to a civilization as complex as its contemporaries in Mesopotamia and Egypt, one that covered a far larger region, yet lasted a much briefer time (less than a millennium) and left few visible traces. Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life based on limited material remains and despite its virtually indecipherable written record. This volume describes what is known about the roots of Indus civilization in farming culture, as well as its far-flung trading network, sophisticated crafts and architecture, and surprisingly war-free way of life. Readers will get a glimpse of both a remarkable piece of the past and the extraordinary methods that have brought it back to life.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576079082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
This work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles. The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives takes readers back to a civilization as complex as its contemporaries in Mesopotamia and Egypt, one that covered a far larger region, yet lasted a much briefer time (less than a millennium) and left few visible traces. Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life based on limited material remains and despite its virtually indecipherable written record. This volume describes what is known about the roots of Indus civilization in farming culture, as well as its far-flung trading network, sophisticated crafts and architecture, and surprisingly war-free way of life. Readers will get a glimpse of both a remarkable piece of the past and the extraordinary methods that have brought it back to life.
The Indus Valley
Author: Ilona Aronovsky
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1484636449
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Uses archeological excavations to find out about the civilization of the Indus Valley.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1484636449
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Uses archeological excavations to find out about the civilization of the Indus Valley.
Ancient Cities of the Indus
Author: Gregory L. Possehl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890890936
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890890936
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description