The present work documents different aspects of the cultural heritage of the district of Bastar. While the varied lifestyles of the Maria and Muria Gonds, and other groups, have been the focus of considerable anthropological research, relatively little is known of the numerous temples that represent the establishment of the Nagvansi dynasty in the 10th century and subsequently that of the Kakatiya. The ruins of Bhongapal and Garh Gobrahin are estimated to be ...
This pioneering study is the result of extensive surveys on early human settlements in the Andaman Islands. Combining the methods of archaeology and ethnography, it blends insights from oral traditions that endure in these islands with a rigorous scientific approach—radiocarbon dating of shell middens indicating the presence of camping sites over two thousand years old; the mapping of abandoned onge encampments on little Andaman Island; and excavations in a ...
This monograph presents the results of intensive research undertaken by Dr. Zarine Cooper on a series of open microlithic sites in the district of Bastar, Madhya Pradesh. In conducting computer-based locational treatments of correlations of various artefact categories, Dr. Cooper has offered an incisive and objective perspective on the occurence of prehistoric stone artefacts on exposed surfaces, simultaneously exploring the potential of quantitative spatial ...