Walking with the Unicorn: Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia: Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation Volume
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Walking with the Unicorn Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation Volume' is an important contribution highlighting recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilization. As suggested by the title, it is a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past forty years. Many interpretations now commonly accepted in the study of the Indus Civilization are the results of Kenoyers original insights, which combine his instinctive knowledge of the indigenous culture with the groundbreaking application of ethnoarchaeology, experimental studies and instrumental analyses. The numerous contributions from international specialists cover central aspects of the archaeological research on Bronze Age South Asia, as well as of the neighboring regions. They include socio-economic implications of craft productions, the still undeciphered Indus script and related administrative technologies and procedures. The inter-regional exchanges that allowed the rooting of the Indus culture over a vaste territory, as well as the subtle regional variations in this Harappan veneer are also studied.
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Weight: 2311g
Dimensions: 205 x 290mm
Publication Date: 13 Aug 2018
Publisher: Archaeopress
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781784919177
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Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (born May 28th 1952 in Shillong India) is one of the worlds leading experts on the ancient Indus Civilisation of Pakistan and India. Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin Madison he has been excavating with the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP) at the ancient Indus city of Harappa since 1986 and is currently involved in ongoing research in South Asia as well as in adjacent regions including the Oman Peninsula Afghanistan and China. His particular interests include the origins and development of urbanism writing and technologies. He has worked with craftspeople in Pakistan India China and the Sultanate of Oman to replicate ancient pottery jewellery copper smelting and other manufacturing processes. He speaks fluently Urdu Hindi and Bengali.