Dynamics of Settlement Archaeology (Haryana)

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Dynamics of Settlement Archaeology is an enlarged version of his Ph.D. Thesis based on intensive archaeological field work. Based primarily on exploration data, the attempt focus on two interrelated constituents of operative potentialâ€”the natural and social productive forces. The two are important not only for differentiating between areas of varying concentrations but also for understanding the characteristic features of the ancient settlements at the local and regional contexts. This helps bringout the relative interplay of the operative forces in shaping the past settlement patterns. Analysis of the explored data further stress on the level of harmony between the operative variables. It also strongly contests the stereotyped perceptions about the supermacy of natural forces, especially river and rain water, for shaping the past societies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.C. Thakran

Dr. R.C. Thakran was born in 1952 and he obtained his M.A. in Archaeology from the Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He earned his M.Phil from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and his Ph.D. from the University of Delhi. He is currently a senior Reader in history at Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, which he joined in 1978. He was also associated wioth the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture at Gurukul Kangari University, Hardwar. He was member of the Editorial Board of The Indian History Congress from 1990-94 and is currently Treasurer of The Association for the Study of History and Archaeology (ASHA). He has dozens of research papers on Protohistoric archaeology to his credit.