Living with floods : archaeology of a settlement in the lower Ganga Plains, c.600-1800 CE / Sheena Panja, Arun K. Nag, Sunando Bandyopadhyay.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Delhi : Primus Books , 2015Description: xv, 292 p. : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cmISBN: 9789384082598 :Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology) -- Gangetic Plain (India and Bangladesh) | Excavations (Archaeology) -- India -- Māldah District | River (Ganga) -- India | Gangetic Plain (India and Bangladesh) -- Antiquities | Māldah District (India) -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 934.14 Summary: This book seeks to understand archaeological sites and their relationship with a dynamic alluvial environment in north Bengal, India, between c.600–1800 ce with a special focus on the excavations at the site of Balupur. Moving away from the prevalent emphasis on the study of art and architecture, this work aims to bring back the ‘human’ to the study of these cultural periods through a study of the formation and changing character of past habitation settlements.
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Includes statistical tables.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
This book seeks to understand archaeological sites and their relationship with a dynamic alluvial environment in north Bengal, India, between c.600–1800 ce with a special focus on the excavations at the site of Balupur. Moving away from the prevalent emphasis on the study of art and architecture, this work aims to bring back the ‘human’ to the study of these cultural periods through a study of the formation and changing character of past habitation settlements.
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