Presents a brief account of the neolithic culture in West Bengal in Eastern India from its techno-cultural view point, highlighting the elements connected with the interaction between West Bengal and other contiguous areas.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Asok Datta
Asok Datta, M.A. in Archaeology and Ancient Indian History and Culture, was awarded Ph.D. degree by the University of Calcutta for his dissertation work on "Pebble-core element in India - A study on geo-cultural variation" in 1981. He was also awarded a Fellowship by the German Government in 1982 for the study of modern methods and techniques in Archaeology. He has already completed a research projection "Upper Palaeolithic culture in Midnapur District" being financed by ICHR. Dr. Datta is the author of Palaeohistory of man and his culture and Neolithic culture in West Bengal. He is also the editor of Studies in Archaeology and man and his culture. In addition, more than twenty five research papers have already been published in different research journals. At preset he is engaged in preparing a source book of Archaeology of eastern India. Dr. Datta teaches archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, Calcutta University.
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