Archaeology and Religion in Early Northwest India
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3rd Century Bce
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Apsidal Temple
archaeological
Archaeological Archives
Artifactual Assemblage
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Bara Phase
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Culture History Archaeology
Culture History Model
Early Historic Archaeology
Early Historic Period
Early Historic Sites
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Excavation Notebooks
External Symbolic Storage
historic
historical
indian
Indian Archaeology
kadphises
kujula
Kujula Kadphises
lahiri
Monastery Complex
nayanjot
Nayanjot Lahiri
period
PGW
Primary Mound
Punjab Plains
Religious Ritual Action
Silver Tetradrachm
South Asian Archaeology
survey
Trench Layout
Volume Iii
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- ISBN 9781138822498
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 04 Feb 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores the ways in which past cultures have been used to shape colonial and postcolonial cultural identities. It provides a theoretical framework to understand these processes, and offers illustrative case studies in which the agency of ancient peoples, rather than the desires of antiquarians and archaeologists, is brought to the fore.
@contents: Introduction 1. From Antiquarianism to Scientific Antiquarianism 2. Archaeology 3. Contemporary Theory and the Archaeology of Religion 4. Minting Identity and Hegemony 5. Dicing and Oracular Gambling at Sirkap 6. The Archive at Sanghol. Conclusion
Daniel Michon is Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Claremont McKenna College, USA.
