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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2024

Jennifer Bates
Jennifer Bates
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Seoul National University

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The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization , pp. 349 - 354
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Print publication year: 2025

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4.2 k Event. See Climate Change
Africa, 48, 67, 73, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 94, 135, 143, 144, 145, 146, 247, 263
Chad, 76, 82
Egypt, 5, 7, 184, 186, 218
Ethiopia, 76
Gash Culture, 79, 81
Mali, 80
Mauritania, 80
Namibia, 145
Niger, 82
Nigeria, 80
Nubia, 145
Rwanda, 144, 145
Sahara, 78
Sahel, 78, 82
South African Cape, 152
Sub-Saharan Africa, 80, 204
Sudan, 78, 82
West Africa, 83
Agricultural Strategy, 4, 43, 52, 56, 57, 136, 147, 204, 205, 232, 265, 274. See also Arboriculture
Crop rotation, 209
Diversification, 188, 205, 222, 223, 224, 234, 236, 237
Extensification, 205, 222, 229, 237
Intensification, 55, 112, 134, 205, 221, 222, 223, 224, 229, 232, 234, 236, 237, 238
Intensification Proper. See Intensification
Multi-cropping, 36, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 221, See also Fields
Specialisation, 222, 223, 224, 232, 234, 235, 237
Agro-pastoralism, 107, 147
Alamgirpur, 38, 39, 140, 182, 255, 256
Alcohol, 174, 276
Beer, 246, 247
Viticulture, 170, 174, 177
Viticultures, 177
Wine, 174
Allahdino, 35
Americas, 111
Mesoamerica, 204, 209, 214, 217
Mexico, 39
New World, 216
Peru, 34, 157
Anarta. See South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
Antarctica, 111
Arabian Peninsula, 81
Arabia, 81, 276
Arabian Sea, 26, 82
Dilmun, 277
Oman, 81, 251, 276, 277
Persian Gulf, 260, 276, 277
Yemen, 81
Arboriculture, 218, 219, 220, See also Agricultural Strategy
Archaeobotanical materials
Carbonisation, 33, 34, 39, 53, 55, 57, 70, 71, 96, 130, 138, 154, 156, 157, 176, 177, 179, 180, 216
Fibres, 33, 168, 171, 177, 178, 179, 180
Impressions, 33, 47, 78, 79, 81, 99, 125, 126, 127, 171, 178, 190, 191
Mineralisation, 33, 162, 171, 177, 195
Nets. See Fibres
Archaeological Science, 164
Animal Bones. See Zooarchaeology
Anthracology, 280
Archaeogenetics, 13, 120, 136, 139, 143, 279, 280
Archaeoichthyology. See Zooarchaeology
Dating, 10, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25, 41, 45, 46, 49, 50, 52, 71, 72, 80, 81, 88, 92, 93, 100, 121, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 144, 213, 226, 234
Dental calculus, 160, 161, 162, 254
DNA. See Archaeogenetics
Fish Bones. See Zooarchaeology
Geoarchaeology, 280
Geoarcheology, 279
Human Bones. See Osteoarchaeology
Isotopes, 19, 99, 113, 204, 230, 255, 257, 258, 270, 271, 280
Microfossils. See Starch and Phytoliths
Osteoarchaeology, 279, 280
Phytoliths, 13, 98, 113, 125, 126, 127, 131, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 164, 166, 172, 173, 179, 182, 197, 198, 231, 249, 252, 256, 257
Pollen, 25, 149, 150, 152
Residue Analysis, 157, 164, 255, 256, 257, 258, 277, 280
Starch, 13, 86, 98, 100, 147, 149, 150, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168, 170, 173, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258
Wood charcoal. See Anthracology
Zooarchaeology, 32, 37, 51, 258, 277, 279, 280
Babar-Kot, 36, 40, 62, 64, 65, 71, 82, 95, 102, 103, 142, 210, 212, 267, 277, 278
Bagasra, 6
Bagor, 160
Bahola, 36, 40, 62, 64, 65, 96, 106, 127, 132, 134, 139, 156, 157, 173, 198, 210, 230, 237, 270
Balakot, 35
Balu, 127, 128, 136, 140, 142, 175, 208, 218
Baluchistan. See South Asia
Banawali, 81, 127, 128, 140, 142, 208, 218
Binjor (4MSR), 275
Bones. See Archaeological Science
Burj, 40, 106, 156, 157, 173, 178, 210, 270
Burthana Tigrana, 145
Butana Group. See Africa
Cash-cropping, 217, 218, 219, 228
Central Asia, 49, 94, 97, 101, 102, 112, 276
Afghanistan, 49, 102
Azerbaijan, 99
Caspian Sea, 49, 174
Iran, 48, 49, 50, 52, 136, 276
Kazakhstan, 101, 112
Centres. See Core
Chanhu-Daro, 6, 43, 53, 178
Carbonisation. See Archaeobotanical Materials
Charring. See Carbonisation
Cheese. See Dairying
China. See East Asia
Cholistan. See South Asia
City. See Site Type
City-state. See Social Structure
Climate Change, 4, 7, 8, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 78, 119, 150, 205, 230, 253, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 267, 270, 271, 272, 276
Late Harappan Revolution, 8, 259, 260, 262, 263, 264
Core. See Social Structure
Cropping Seasons, See also Agricultural Strategy, Multi-cropping
kharif, 44, 58, 59, 61, 68, 128, 129, 130, 134, 136, 137, 174, 198, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 224, 227, 230, 231, 234, 237, 251, 263, 264, 266, 267, 267, 271
rabi, 43, 44, 53, 58, 59, 66, 128, 134, 135, 136, 166, 174, 187, 198, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 227, 230, 231, 234, 236, 237, 249, 250, 263, 263, 264, 266, 267, 271
zaid, 214, 215, 216, 220
Dabli vas Chugta, 30, 40, 106, 127, 210, 212, 230, 231, 237, 249, 250, 270
Daimabad, 35, 144
Dairying, 258, 276
Dating. See Archaeological Science
Datrana IV, 36, 155, 164, 258
Daulatpur, 37, 140
Deccan. See South Asia
Dental Calculus. See Archaeological Science
Dholavira, 5, 6, 225, 276
Domestication, 1, 9, 10, 36, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 65, 68, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 155, 159, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 194, 218, 233
Dung. See Fuel
Early Historic. See South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
East Asia, 48, 92, 103, 108, 204, 218, 250
China, 50, 52, 90, 91, 92, 97, 99, 100, 102, 114, 115, 121, 123, 218, 232, 245, 263, 264
Han Dynasty. See China
Loess Plateau, 100
Manchuria, 92
Mongolia, 99
Qingai, 232
Shandong, 92
Sichuan, 92
Weihe River, 92
Yangtze Plains, 91, 92, 115, See also Rivers, Yangtze
Yellow River Valley, 92, 99, 101
Europe, 48, 91, 92, 99, 100, 174, 175, 204, 229, 236, 247
Georgia, 99
Germany, 112
Mediterranean, 48, 174
Poland, 112
United Kingdom, 192
Exchange. See Trade
Fabric. See Fibres
Farmana, 64, 103, 107, 127, 128, 140, 153, 160, 161, 163, 170, 177, 208, 255
Fermented Drinks. See Alcohol
Fields, 169, See Multi-Cropping
Field, 169, 170, 214, 216, 217, 218, 220, 234, 236
Garden, 214, 217
Paddy, 219, 234
Fibres. See Archaeobotanical Materials
Flotation, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 70, 71, 92, 131, 136, 275, 278, 279, 280
Bucket flotation, 33, 35
Dry screen, 34
Flotation machine, 33, 35
Wet sieve, 34
Fragility. See Resilience
Fuel, 4, 153, 168, 180
Dung, 150, 168, 169, 170, 180, 181, 182
Wood, 168, 180, 182
Gabarband. See Irrigation
Ganweriwala, 2, 5, 6
Gathering. See Hunter-gatherer
Geochemistry. See Geoarchaeology
Ghaggar-Hakra, 261
Gola Dhoro, 247, 277
Granary. See Storage
Green Revolution, 55, 57, 67, 119, 215
Grinding stones. See Archaeobotanical Materials, Starch
Gujarat. See South Asia
Harappa, 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 19, 36, 40, 43, 52, 53, 58, 59, 62, 70, 103, 127, 150, 153, 156, 167, 168, 175, 178, 179, 180, 182, 187, 188, 191, 199, 202, 203, 206, 207, 208, 210, 217, 218, 224, 225, 229, 235, 252, 254, 260, 266, 267, 267, 270, 275, 276
Harvesting, 10, 61, 69, 71, 78, 79, 94, 109, 112, 117, 125, 131, 147, 169, 170, 187, 194, 195, 202
Himalayas, 18, 20, 93, 102, 136, 207, 210
Hinterlands. See Social Structure, Periphery
Hulas, 54, 56, 64, 65, 88, 102, 127, 140, 146, 208
Hunter-gatherer, 9, 10, 32, 69, 78, 95, 124, 147, 181
Hunting. See Hunter-gatherer
Inamgaon, 35
Indian Summer Monsoon, 1, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 22, 23, 26, 26, 61, 116, 205, 210, 214, 225, 261, 262, 267, 270, 271, 272
Indo-Iranian Borderlands. See South Asia
Indonesia. See Southeast Asia
Inequality. See Social Structure
Intensification. See Agricultural Strategies
Intertropical Convergence Zone, 22, 24
Iron Age, Southern Indian. See South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
Irrigation, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 237
Bund, 226, 227
Canal, 215, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 234
Gabarband, 226, 234, See also Bund
Overbank Flow, 14, 19
Jalilpur, 52
Kaj, 173
Kalibangan, 6, 234, 235
Kanmer, 54, 64, 65, 81, 82, 83, 127, 139, 142, 170, 171, 179, 180, 182, 210, 212, 213, 249, 267, 267, 272, 277, 278
Karuo Culture. See Central Asia, Tibet
Khanak, 255
kharif. See Cropping Seasons
Khirsara, 36, 38, 62, 64, 65, 81, 82, 89, 94, 139, 249, 266, 268, 269, 272
Kili Gul Mohammed, 51
Kot Diji, 157, 172, 173
Kot Dijian. See South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
Kotada Bhadli, 255
Kotla Dahar, 24
Kunal, 65, 81, 127, 128, 140, 169, 170, 175, 208, 218
Kuntasi, 64, 65, 103
Lahuradewa, 124, 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, 156
Late Harappan Revolution. See Climate Change
Lipid Analysis. See Residue Analysis
Lohari Ragho I, 255, 256
Loteshwar, 32, 64, 65, 71, 95, 104, 107, 108, 142, 147, 155, 164, 249
Lothal, 65, 206, 225
Lunkaransar. See South Asia, Rajasthan
Maharashtra. See South Asia, Deccan
Mahorana, 175
Masudpur I, 30, 36, 40, 54, 62, 64, 65, 96, 106, 107, 108, 127, 129, 132, 134, 139, 146, 156, 157, 170, 171, 173, 210, 211, 230, 231, 236, 237, 249, 250, 255, 270, 271
Masudpur VII, 30, 36, 40, 62, 64, 65, 71, 82, 96, 103, 106, 108, 127, 129, 132, 134, 139, 142, 146, 156, 197, 198, 199, 203, 210, 217, 230, 236, 237, 249, 255, 270, 271
Mehrgarh, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 135, 177, 178, 190, 191, 235, 279
Mesopotamia. See West Asia
Micromorphology. See Archaeological Science, Geoarchaeology
Mineralisation. See Archaeobotanical Materials
Miri Qalat, 55, 57, 65, 136, 170, 171, 179, 218
Mitathal, 270
Mohenjo-Daro, 1, 5, 6, 11, 19, 19, 33, 43, 53, 55, 187, 202, 206, 207, 212, 218, 225, 251, 260, 261
Monsoon, See Indian Summer Monsoon
Morphometrics, 55, 56, 124, 130, 154, 160, 172, 175, 176
Multi-Cropping. See Cropping Seasons and Agricultural Strategy
Nageshwar, 6, 277, 278
Naikund, 35
Nausharo, 102, 175, 177, 218, 235, 255
Near East, See West Asia
Neolitihic, Southern Indian. See South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
Nindowari, 33, 136, 175
Orchards. See Arboriculutre
Oriyo Timbo, 36, 38, 62, 64, 95, 103, 139, 267
OSL. See dating
Paddy. See Fields
Pastoralism, 10, 78, 80, 109
Periphery. See Social Structure
PGW. See South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
Pirak, 57, 64, 102, 127, 175
Ploughing, 83, 139, 222, 234, 235, 236
Plough, 223, 234, 235, 237
Traction, 222, 224, 235
Pollen. See Archaeological Science
Protein Analysis. See Archaeological Science, Residue Analysis
Qinghai. See East Asia
rabi. See Cropping Seasons
radiocarbon. See dating
Rajasthan. See South Asia
Rakhigarhi, 5, 6, 72, 191, 255, 276
Rangpur, 64, 127
Residue Analysis, 255
Resilience, 20, 52, 66, 70, 85, 180, 261, 262, 271, 272
Rivers, 206, 228
Beas, 19
Bhogavo, 206
Bolan, 45
Ganges, 83, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 127
Ghaggar-Hakra, 19, 20, 21, 206, 228
Indus, 19, 19, 206, 207, 228
Nara Nadi, 20
Ravi, 206
Sarasvati, 20
Sutlej, 21
Yangtze, 280
Yamuna, 19, 21, 119
Rohira, 65, 81, 175, 208
Rojdi, 11, 36, 38, 40, 58, 59, 62, 64, 95, 103, 110, 111, 112, 136, 139, 167, 168, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 207, 210, 212, 213, 224, 236, 267, 272
Rural. See also Site Type
Sampling, 5, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 41, 58, 70, 160, 164, 166, 278, 279
Sanghol, 39, 65, 144, 175, 176, 208
Sarai Khola, 51
Shahi Tump, 179
Shakatri Timbo, 277
Sheri Khan Teraki, 51
Shikarpur, 64, 65, 88, 107, 155, 164, 166, 179, 180, 182, 200, 201, 249, 272
Shortugai, 175
Shortughai, 30, 55, 64, 65, 102, 108
Shot Wheat. See Green Revolution
Sichuan. See East Asia
Sindh. See South Asia
Site Type, 193
city, 2, 5, 6, 7, 44, 53, 58, 186, 187, 188, 260, 272, 275. See also urban, Urbanism
rural, 8, 188, 226, 250, 252, 253, 254, 265, 266, 275. See also village
Settlement Size, 5, 6, 272
Town, 5, 6, 187, 260
urban, 6, 8, 12, 19, 44, 58, 134, 187, 188, 198, 225, 240, 251, 252, 253, 254, 263, 265, 267, 271, 272, 275, 276, See also city, Urbanism
village, 5, 6, 7, 45, 53, 134, 187, 188, 197, 198, 199, 253, 265, 276. See also rural
Social organisation. See Social structure
Social Structure, 56, 58, 184, 189, 192, 193
Chiefdom, 185
City-state, 185, 187, 203
Core, 8, 188, 207, 253, 263
Egalitarianism, 184, 185, 186, 188, 202
Heterarchy, 7, 186, 224
Hierarchy, 6, 184, 186, 187
Inequality, 184, 187
Periphery, 7, 8, 187, 188, 207, 248, 250, 253, 263
State, 6, 184, 185, 186, 224, 225, 226, 228, 272
Urbanism, 7, 167, 184, 185, 186, 217, 218, 221, 232, 237, See also City, Urban
Sohr Damb, 96
South Asia, passim
Andhra Pradesh, 106, 145
Aravalli Hills, 25, 142
Baluchistan, 45, 49, 96, 207, 226, 227
Bannu Basin, 52
Bay of Bengal, 18
Chattisgarh, 145
Cholistan, 21, 21, 29, 52, 212, 260, 275
Deccan, 95, 107, 139, 142
Eastern Ghats, 94, 136, 138
Gujarat, 2, 8, 24, 29, 32, 36, 54, 58, 59, 62, 80, 81, 82, 93, 94, 95, 96, 102, 103, 107, 109, 127, 136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 164, 166, 173, 182, 197, 199, 203, 207, 212, 213, 225, 226, 247, 250, 254, 255, 256, 257, 260, 263, 266, 267, 272, 274, 275, 277, 278
Gulf of Cambay, 206
Haryana, 19, 62, 127, 129, 194, 210, 219, 260
Indo-Iranian Borderlands, 29, 41
Karnataka, 106
Kashmir, 101, 102, 194
Madhya Pradesh, 138
Makran Coast, 57
Odisha, 145
Punjab, 29, 52, 58, 59, 62, 80, 210, 212, 227, 229, 252, 253, 254, 260, 263, 275
Rajasthan, 19, 25, 25, 127, 136, 138, 142, 146, 212, 231
Saurashtra, 82, 267
Sindh, 29, 80, 153, 207, 212, 227, 229, 252, 253, 254, 260, 263, 275
Southern India, 94, 106, 107, 109, 138, 141, 142, 144, 247
Tamil Nadu, 106, 107
Thar Desert, 23, 25, 231
Uttar Pradesh, 19, 94, 210
Western Ghats, 94, 136, 138
South Asian non-Indus Cultural Phases
Anarta, 32, 65, 95, 104, 107, 108, 142
Early Historic, 68, 232, 233, 234, 246
Kot Dijian, 52, 65
PGW, 173, 233
Southern Indian Neolithic, 96, 139, 150, 233, 246
Southern Indian Iron Age, 246, 247
Southeast Asia, 118
Indonesia, 103
Thailand, 134
Starch. See Archaeobotanical Materials
Storage, 7, 8, 34, 53, 55, 66, 70, 73, 98, 134, 162, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 221, 223, 245, 254, 265, 276
Sumer. See West Asia, Mesopotamia
Surkotada, 64, 88, 107, 277, 278
Surplus. See Storage
Sustainability. See Resilience
State. See Social Structure
Taxation. See Trade
Ter Kala Dheri, 52
Thailand. See Southeast Asia
Threshing, 47, 55, 56, 79, 131, 146, 195, 198
Tibetan Plateau, 48, 92, 94, 101, 102
Tigrana, 270
Trade, 44, 102, 199, 200, 201, 202, 235, 249, 250, 251, 260, 265, 272, 276, 277
exchange, 6, 44, 186, 187, 188, 245, 250, 251, 260, 276
taxation, 53, 191
Urbanization. See Social Structure, Urbanism
Vadgam Kanewal, 277, 278
Varharvo Timbo, 32, 65, 71, 147, 155, 164
West Asia, 7, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 59, 135, 136, 147, 156, 174, 175, 176, 180, 181, 195, 204, 216, 218, 229, 247, 250
Anatolia, 190
Fertile Crescent, 48, 49, 52
Israel, 218
Levant, 190
Mesopotamia, 5, 7, 8, 11, 44, 59, 184, 186, 191, 218, 260, 272, 276, 277
Syria, 152
Zagros, 48, 49
Winnowing, 146, 195, 198
Winter westerlies, 1, 16, 22, 205, 210, 214, 225
Wood. See Fuel
Zagros. See West Asia
zaid. See Cropping Seasons

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