Essays in History of Archaeology: Themes, Institutions and Personalities

Dr. K. Paddayya is Professor of Geoarchaeology at the Deccan College, Pune. His prolonged research on the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures of the Shorapur Doab in the Deccan, including the excavations at Hunsgi and Budihal, represents a major addition to post-Independence archaeology in India. He has published three books entitled Investigations into the Neolithic Culture of the Shorapur Doab, South India (Leiden, 1973); The Archeulian Culture of the Hunsgi Valley (Peninsular India): A Settlement System Perspective (Pune, 1982); and New Archaeology and Aftermath: A View from Outside the Anglo-American World (Pune, 1990) and many research papers in Indian and foreign journals.