Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Volume 1: Prehistory Archaeology of South Asia - Hardcover

Korisettar, Ravi

9788173043192: Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Volume 1: Prehistory Archaeology of South Asia

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ISBN 10: 8173043191 ISBN 13: 9788173043192

Verlag: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2025

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The Indian Archaeology in Retrospect attempts to take stock of the progress made in the field of South Asian archaeology, especially during the latter half of the twentieth century. Fifty-nine papers, spread over four volumes, are contributed by a team of scholars, well-known in the areas of their specialization. Besides reviewing the widening horizons of empirical data, they have also identified the changing attitudes, methodologies and tools of inquiry. Besides presenting a synoptic view of our current understanding of the cultural evolution, an attempt is also made here to explore the future possibilities in this field. This is an attempt to explore, not to exhaust the entire field of prehistory. Our enquiry is not only dictated by the material brought to light so far and the nature of its significance, but also by the availability of competent and critical scholarship which could evaluate it with a depth of under�standing and detachment that it deserves.

Never before an attempt of this type and in the scale has been made to critically evaluate the progress made into our past. This has become possible because of the participation of a team of up-coming as well as well-established scholars of international repute. As many as 46 Indian and about 16 European and American scholars have contributed to make this series what it is.

This volume comprises fifteen papers written by eighteen authors. It cover a broad spectrum of South Asia prehistory. There are four appendices which provide information on the Upper Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Megalithic sites explored and excavated to the day. Three papers present an account of the progress made in understanding the prehistoric rock-art, ceramics and beads.

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S. Settar was Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (1996-9), served as Professor, Department of History and Archaeology (1971-96) and as the Director, Institute of Indian Art History (1978-95), Karnatak University, Dharwad. Among his well-known publications are The Hoysala Temples (2 vols.), Inviting Death, Pursuing Death, Sravana Belgola, Hampi: A Medieval Metropolis, Hoysala Sculptures in the National Museum, Copenhagen. He has edited several volumes, of which those relating to the fields of archaeology are: Archaeological Survey of Mysore: Annual Reports – A Study (3 vols.) and Memorial Stones: A Study of Their Origin, Significance and Variety (in collaboration with G.-D. Sontheimer). Since 1995, he has been collaborating with a team of scholars on the ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index project as the chief of Indian section and as the editor for South Asia.

Ravi Korisettar is Professor of History and Archaeology, Karnatak University, Dharwad. He has edited Quaternary Environments and Geoarcheology of India (Bangalore, 1995), a memoir of the Geological Society of India, Bangalore and The Rise of Early Human Behaviour in Global Context, Vol. 28, in the One World Archaeology Series (Routledge, London-New York, 1998). He is also on the Editorial Board of Man and Environment (since 1989), a biannual journal of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Pune.