Indian Neolithization

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This book offers a comprehensive and study of Indian Neolithization. It represents different archaeological traditions and perspectives of Indian Neolithic cultures including current debates. It also explores the significance of environmental factors and the evidence presented in this book reflects the strength and diversity across India. The book has been written to facilitate students of archaeology and history and also laypersons who are interested in learning about the origin and early history of agriculture and domestication in India.

Dr. Amrita Sarkar is an Assistant Professor in the department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College PGRI. She has published more than 20 research articles and one book and has presented an equal number of papers in national and international conferences. Her interest lies in South Asian Prehistory and Protohistory. Research Methodology. Ethnoarchaeology and Ancient technologies. She is joint editor of Ancient Asia journal (www.ancient-asia-journal.com) which is SCOPUS indexed, UGC A listed journal.

Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University) celebrated its bicentenary on the 6th October 2021 The Publications Committee of the Bicentenary Celebrations had taken a decision to publish about 20 monographs to mark the completion of two hundred years of its existence. Experts were invited from the disciplines of the three departments of the Institute- Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Linguistics and Sanskrit Lexicography as well as from Library Science. The quality and range of the areas covered in these publications is reassuring about the continuing research in these areas at the Institute known for its rich and invaluable contributions. The manuscripts from external experts show the trust and faith they have reposed in the intellectual commitment of the university. We are able to put in your hands 14 of the proposed 20 volumes, chosen on grounds of critical peer reviews. I can say in full faith that these monographs reflect the signs of progress and growth of the Institute, and that they convey not only the content, but also the abiding interest of the Institute in the unmixed pursuit of knowledge.

The birth of Neolithization is not a sudden appearance. The phenomenon is the result of a lingering and muddled story of long- term interactions between societies and landscapes. Indian Neolithization is a diverse and rich process giving rise to varying adaptive strategies in time and space that has come as an impact of both social and environmental factors. India presents endless varieties of physical features and cultural patterns. In this large. diverse land if one needs to understand the process of Neolithization which again varies in time, space as well as in its character, one needs to focus on the environment-behavior relations in the context of cultural landscape. This book was conceived as part of publication to commemorate Bicentennial Celebration of Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute and is targeted for grad students interested to know and understand the complex processes happening between Pleistocene-Holocene Transition giving rise to a new mode of subsistence and a new way of life with special reference to India. The book starts with the theoretical framework of Neolithic Revolution followed by competing theories and how can we define Neolithic both in global and Indian perspectives in Part One. It then highlights the concept of cultural landscape and data on Palaeoenvironment followed by diverse Neolithic Traditions in India in Part two. Part three showcases the Neolithic lifestyle in relation to subsistence pattern, settlement pattern, pottery. stone tools. bone tools. miscellaneous objects, mortuary practices and Neolithic Ideologies. Part four summarizes the key debates that are ongoing and will remain current over coming years.

**Contents and Sample Pages**