Living with Floods: Archaeology of a Settlement in the Lower Ganga Plains, c.600–1800 CE, Primus Books, New Delhi, ISBN-10 : 9384082597 / ISBN-13 : 978-9384082598, 2015
‘Living with Floods…’ seeks to understand archaeological sites and their relationship with the dy... more ‘Living with Floods…’ seeks to understand archaeological sites and their relationship with the dynamic alluvial environment of north Bengal, India between, c. 600–1800 CE with special focus on excavations at Balupur, Malda. 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. Involving archaeology, geography, zoology, botany, sedimentology and paleoanthropology, this work seeks to understand the interaction between changes in landscape and various aspects of cultural adaptation in a zone where humans are constantly living with floods and shifting river courses. Efforts have also been made to understand the methodology of studying archaeological sites in this turbulent terrain of the Ganga, an aspect not well understood in the Indian context. An important contribution of this volume is a diachronic study of the fluvial environment of this region using rare maps, satellite images and field studies.
(Contains 292 pages, 61 Tables, 25 Maps, 58 Figures, 240 Photos/Photomosaics)
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(Contains 292 pages, 61 Tables, 25 Maps, 58 Figures, 240 Photos/Photomosaics)
(Contains 292 pages, 61 Tables, 25 Maps, 58 Figures, 240 Photos/Photomosaics)