Crops and Environment in the Lower Indus Plain During the Bronze Age : A Multi-proxy Approach to the Agricultural Strategies of the Indus Valley Civilization
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) is the earliest known urban culture of South Asia (2600-1900 BCE). While archaeological research has been conducted in the region for over a century, systematic archaeobotanical analyses are still not widespread, and those carried out have concentrated on the geog...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/689265 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/689265 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Indus valley civilisation Bronze age South Asia Archaeobotany Agriculture Foodways 94 |
| Sumario: | The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) is the earliest known urban culture of South Asia (2600-1900 BCE). While archaeological research has been conducted in the region for over a century, systematic archaeobotanical analyses are still not widespread, and those carried out have concentrated on the geographical edges of the Civilisation, particularly Gujarat and the eastern Harappan region. The Indus floodplain is an area of special interest as it was the core of an unprecedented urban development. Studying the relationship between agricultural dynamics and urbanisation in the Indus Valley is key to understand not only the role of the environment in Indus societal transformation, but also the economic basis that allowed the rise of the Civilisation. The aim of this doctoral thesis is to carry out a multi-proxy archaeobotanical study of two sites in Sindh, Pakistan, to disentangle agricultural strategies and plant food preparation in the lower Indus Valley during the pre-urban and urban periods. The results obtained suggest a more diverse and flexible plant-based economy in the area than what was previously acknowledged. |
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