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| Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McIntosh, Jane. Ancient Indus Valley. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2008 (OCoLC)608131084 Online version: McIntosh, Jane. Ancient Indus Valley. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2008 (OCoLC)608798053 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jane McIntosh |
| ISBN: | 9781576079072 1576079074 9781576079089 1576079082 |
| OCLC Number: | 144773528 |
| Description: | ix, 441 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. I. Introduction -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- The Indus in Its Setting -- A Lost Civilization -- A Land of Unsolved Mysteries -- pt. 2. Indus Civilization -- Ch. 2. Location of the Indus Civilization and Its Environmental Setting -- Location -- The Environmental Setting -- The Changing Landscape -- Environmental Degradation -- Ch. 3. Historical and Chronological Setting -- History of the Investigation of South Asia's Past -- Studying the Indus Civilization -- Ch. 4. Origins, Growth, and Decline of the Indus Civilization -- Early South Asia (ca. 2 to 1 Million-7000 BCE) -- Early Farmers in Northwest South Asia (7000-4300 BCE) -- Later Settlements (4300-3200 BCE) -- The Early Indus (Early Harappan) Period (3200-2600 BCE) -- The Transition (2600-2500/2450 BCE) -- The Mature Indus Civilization (2600-1900/1800 BCE) -- The Posturban (Late Harappan) Period (1900/1800-1300 BCE) -- Ch. 5. Economics -- Subsistence Patterns -- Arable Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry -- Aquatic Resources -- Wild Resources -- Ch. 6. Resources, Trade, and Communications -- Introduction -- Internal Trade and Communications -- South Asian Trade and Exchange -- Overland Trade across the Iranian Plateau -- Gulf Trade -- Later Developments in Local and International Trade -- Ch. 7. Settlements -- Settlements and Settlement Patterns -- Cities, Towns, and Villages -- The Features of Urban Centers -- Ch. 8. Social and Political Organization -- Introduction -- Clues to Social Organization -- Clues to Political Organization -- Ch. 9. Religion and Ideology -- Introduction -- Religious Structures -- Iconography -- Ritual Practices -- The Treatment of the Dead -- Reconstructing Harappan Religion -- Ch. 10. Material Culture -- Workshops and Factories -- Construction -- Artifacts -- Art -- Ch. 11. Intellectual Accomplishments -- Numbers, Time, and Space -- Languages -- The Indus Script -- Ch. 12. The Indus Civilization Today -- The Emergence of Harappan Civilization -- Theories on the Sociopolitical Organization of the Indus State -- Indus Collapse -- General -- History of Discovery -- Indus Antecedents -- The Indus Civilization in South Asian Culture -- Neighbors of the Indus Civilization -- The End of the Indus Civilization and the Post-Harappan Period -- Economy, Trade, and Foreign Relations -- Industry, Technology, and Science -- The Harappan People -- Social and Political Organization -- Settlement and Settlements -- Language, Writing, and Seals -- Useful Web Pages -- Journals and Occasional Publications. |
| Series Title: | Understanding ancient civilizations. |
| Responsibility: | Jane R. McIntosh. |
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Abstract:
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.
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"An extremely readable book accompanied by numerous illustrations, it belongs in larger public, secondary school, and college libraries as a resource and can serve well as a textbook for a course on the topic." - ARBA "Highly recommended for archaeological studies collections." - Library Journal Read more...
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