God-Apes and Fossil Men Paleoanthropology of South Asia

Name: God-Apes and Fossil Men Paleoanthropology of South Asia
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ISBN: 9780472110131

ISBN-10: 0472110136

ISBN-13: 9780472110131

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kenneth A. R. Kennedy

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Until recently the scientific study of the prehistoric peoples of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the South Asian borderlands has been neglected, beyond some cursory comments in the popular literature about archaeological discoveries. Here is a book that offers much more: a broad survey of all prehistoric cultures of the Indian subcontinent from Paleolithic to Iron Age times. Written in a style accessible to the general reader, the book pioneers a new approach involving the integration of data from archaeological, paleontological, ecological, and anthropological investigations to offer a comprehensive picture of the origins, diversity, and lifeways of southern Asian populations. Complex…

Book details

List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 9/8/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 504
Size: 7.36" wide x 10.31" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.376
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



This Land of Bharata



Establishing the Archaeological Record



Paleontology and Evolution



The Aryan Hordes



The God-Apes of the Siwalik Hills



The Earliest Evidence of Hominid Settlement in Pleistocene South Asia



Mileposts in the Paleolithic Journey



Fossil Hominids of the South Asian Pleistocene



Post-Pleistocene Landscapes and Cultural Chronology



Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers



The Skeletal Record of Mesolithic Populations



Early Farmers and Pastoralists



The Skeletal Record of Early Farming and Pastoral Populations



The Harappan Civilization



The Harappan Heritage



The Megalith Builders



Where Did All the Races Go?



Conspectus


References


Author and Name Index


Subject Index