Full Description
This book aims to interpret the archeobotanical remains at the site of Rojdi, in northwest India, with reference to diet and environment and within a socio-economic framework. It discusses artifactual material which associates it with the 'Harappan Cultural Tradition'.
Contents
Introduction -- Archeological Perspectives on the Region -- Paleoethnobotanical Analysis -- Status of Paleoethnobotany in South Asia -- The Site of Rojdi -- Methods -- Description and Implications of the Rojdi Plant Material -- Paleoethnobotanical Reconstruction at Rojdi -- The Rojdi Plant-use/Subsistence Model -- Wider Significance of the Rojdi Plant Remains -- Conclusion
