ISBN: 9788180903441 - archaeometallurgy in proto and early historic periods (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. The Archaeological Excavations of many pre-proto and early historic sites by the State Department of Archaeology and Museum brought to light a number of metal objects including iron objects as grave goods from megalithic burials. Very few number of copper objects were recovered from neo Chalcolithic sites.Ex:- Budigapalli, Chinnamaruru , Guthikonda , Hulikal, Karapakala, Polkonda etc., places. A sequence of Neo Chalcolithic culture with an overlap of Iron Age is unique in this region of south India. Iron Age is represented more prominently by the megalithic burials in the Andhra Pradesh. Stratigraphic ally, the megalithic phase over laps the earlier Neolithic phase and Iron Age cultures was followed by early historical cultures. From the very few available C14 dates it can be deduced that the origin of Iron Age cultures in this region was around 1100 to 1000 BC, along with megalithism and iron making technology. This phase continued up to early historical levels. Prior to this abundant availability of iron ore gave scope for the development of iron tool making. The scientific studies of these archaeological metal finds were not carried out even though the archaeological reports appeared in the form of mono graphs, annual and PhD thesis publications. Hence, an attempt was made to study the metal tool manufacturing technology through Archaeometallurgical studies. The evidence of the earlier iron smelting in this part of south India is supporting the indigenous origin theory of iron making technology. The present study revealed that iron entered the productive system of India by C.1000 BC.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. The present study is an in depth approach to unravel the development of temple architecture in the region of Bangalore and Kolar Districts of southern Karnataka. The area selected for this study comprises of the present Bangalore and Kolar Districts, which historically and culturally was a meeting place of the Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cultures. During the period extending from about 500A.D to the end of 1700 A.D, in spite of political fluctuations that existed in this region, uninterrupted temple building activity prevailed in the region. This artistic tradition imbibed the characteristic features of the Karnataka and Tamil idioms as practiced by the Rastrakutas and the Gangas on the one side and the Pallavas and the Cholas on the other. The location of this area was a buffer region, politically and culturally also. Moreover Kolar region was the connecting link for all the cultural, commercial and political activities between Karnataka and Tamilnadu.…