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Ethnoarchaeology of Yamuna Valley
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| Author | P.M. Saklani |
|---|---|
| Edition | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 156 |
| Cover | Hardbound |
| ISBN | 978-81-7702-146-X |
| Publusher | Pratibha Prakashan |
About the Book
Ethnoarchaeology is emerging as a new branch of archaeology to study the socio-cultural behavior of living societies with their material culture for studying the past. The present book tries to bring out the genesis of various cultural trends, artistic activities, settlement pattern and religious beliefs of the people of Yamuna valley on the basis of the ethnoarchaeological evidence in an inter disiplinary perspective.
The present study has investigated the present day traditional practices of the ethnic communities of the Yamuna valley from an ethnoarchaeological perspective and discussed all the major practices prevailing in this polyandrous zone like transhumance pastroralism, chhans, houses, agricultural practices, exploitation of biological resources, pottery traditions, folk deities and wooden images, which gives an overview of the ethnoarchaeological study in the Yamuna vally.
The present work is a first complete systematic documentation on the ethnoarchaeological of the Yamuna valley. In this study all the archaeo-logical, historical, cultural data are interpreted in an ethnographic framework.
The present book which is an attempt to study the ethno-archaeology of the Yamuna valley in detail, discussing all the aspect of life and cultural of the region from past to present, and enables in tracing out the continuation of ancient tradition in the region. The work in this new branch of archaeology is only of its kind in the subject as far as ethnoarchaeological research in Uttarakhand is concerned.
About the Author
Dr. Pradeep M. Saklani (b 1962), is presently Reader in the Department of History including Ancient Indian History, Cultural and Archaeology, H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal Uttranachal. Dr. Saklani has been closely associated with extensive explorations and excavations in the central Himalayan region. He has also been associated with a number of research projects on serving traditions, technologies and Ethnoarchaeology in central Himalaya, sponsored by U.G.C. and ministry of Tourism and Cultural, New Delhi.
Dr. Saklani contributed more than 20 research papers in national and international journals, besides supervising 6 doctoral studies. He is co-author of the book “Central Himalayn” (Bibliographic References on Archaeology, Culture and History), which includes the bibliographic compilation of the important writing on Prehistoric, Proto-historic and historical archaeology besides early and medieval history of the region including temple architecture, iconography, religion, religious festivals, rituals, beliefs and tradition in this region.
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