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Human-animal relationships in the Indus Civilisation: challenges, opportunities and questions (a festschrift for Prof. P.P. Joglekar)
- Abstract:
- Animals played a vital economic and symbolic role in the settlements of the Indus Civilisation. This paper provides an overview of how zooarchaeological studies help us understand human-animal relationships in the urban period of the Indus Civilisation. It discusses evidence from different regions of the Indus Civilisation that provides information about the feeding and management of domestic ruminants; their role in the agricultural or pastoral economy; and the use of animals in subsistence and foodways. Although there is increased recognition of the value of zooarchaeology in the archaeology of the Indus Civilisation, it is challenging to make nuanced inferences about the role, management and meaning of a variety of animals across its geographic extent. This contribution highlights opportunities and questions that remain crucial for future exploration in Indus zooarchaeology.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala
- Host title:
- Animals in Archaeology: Integrating Landscapes, Environment and Humans in South Asia
- Pages:
- 117-137
- Chapter number:
- 5
- Publication date:
- 2023-12-27
- Edition:
- 1
- EISBN:
- 9789357866088
- ISBN-10:
- 9358109025
- ISBN-13:
- 9789358109023
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English
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2098072
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2025-03-24
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- Akshyeta Suryanarayan
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- © The editors and individual authors. This is a print and Open Access e-publication by the Department of Archaeology, University of Kerala licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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