A Companion to South Asia in the Past

A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts.

• The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges
• Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
• A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation
• A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history

Avainsanat: Palaeoanthropology; paleolithic archaeology; archaeogenetics; archaeological; bioarchaeology; biocultural diversity; Pleistocene era; India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nepal; South Asia; Indian archaeology; physical anthropology; Indian anthropology; Siwalik Hominoids; demographic history; the African Exodus; Hominin fossils; Narmada Valley; Peninsular India; paleoresearch; Holocene foragers; early farming; Mesolithic foragers; Gangetic Plains; Pakistan archaeology; Harappan culture; Aryans; Indus civilization; Paleopathology; late Holocene communities; human migration; Indus Age; Ahar-Banas; Rajasthan; faunal remains; Deccan Plateau; Chalcolithic; Megalithic; Iron Age; museum studies, Biological Anthropology, Historical & Regional Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Historical & Regional Anthropology