Ravi Korisettar

Biographic Data

ID	105353
NAME	Ravi Korisettar
GIVEN NAMES	Ravi
FAMILY NAME	Korisettar
SIGNATURE	KORISETTAR R
AFFILIATIONS	Karnatak University
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	30
TOTAL CITATIONS	417
AUTHOR COUNT	29
EDITOR COUNT	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2022
H-INDEX	11

Late Quaternary geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental aspects of Kurnool Basin in the Indian Peninsula
Open AccessRavi KorisettarCHAPTERHolocene Climate Change and…2022
A tale of bifaces from southern peninsular India (British Museum and Musée de l'Homme collections): A geometric morphometric and classical approach
Open AccessMadhavi Kunneriath, Ravi Korisettar et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of the International…2022
Bifacial tools (especially handaxes and cleavers) have played an important role in the Lower Palaeolithic studies trying to decode Acheulean lifeways through them. The methodological approach based on classical metrical analysis, could be insufficient and often subjective, especially in instances of asymmetrical tools, and incorrect orientation for capturing the morphological data. Recent years have seen the application of geometric morphometric …
Coring, profiling, and trenching: Archaeological field strategies for investigating the Pleistocene-Holocene-Anthropocene continuum
Open AccessT C Rick, Abdullah M Alsharekh et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2022
Archaeologists have long emphasized the importance of large-scale excavations and multi-year or even decades-long projects at a single site or site complex. Here, we highlight archaeological field strategies, termed coring, profiling, and trenching (CPT), that rely on relatively small-scale excavations or the collection of new samples from intact deposits in previously excavated trenches (aka test units or pits). Examples from multiple sites in A…
Koppa Archaeological Research Project (Karp): Exclusive Iron Age landscapes in the Western Ghats, India
Open AccessR Arjun, Ravi Korisettar et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2019Cited by: 2References: 4
Local diversity in settlement, demography and subsistence across the southern Indian Neolithic-Iron Age transition: Site growth and abandonment at Sanganakallu-Kupgal
Open AccessPatrick Roberts, Nicole Boivin et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2016Cited by: 11References: 47
Lithic technology and social transformations in the South Indian Neolithic: The evidence from Sanganakallu–Kupgal
Open AccessCeri Shipton, M D Petraglia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2012
Here we examine patterns in stone tool technology among Mesolithic, Neolithic and Iron Age localities in the Sanganakallu–Kupgal site complex, Bellary District, Karnataka, South India. Statistical tests are used to compare proportions of raw materials and artefact types, and to compare central tendencies in metric variables taken on flakes and tools. Lithic-related findings support the inference of at least two distinct technological and economic…
Mid-Holocene age obtained for nested diamond pattern petroglyph in the Billasurgam Cave complex, Kurnool District, southern India
Open AccessPaul S C Taçon, Nicole Boivin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2012Cited by: 7References: 16
Geochemical fingerprinting of the widespread Toba tephra using biotite compositions
Open AccessVera C Smith, Victoria C Smith et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2011
The Toba volcanic super-eruption of 74,000 years ago: Climate change, environments, and evolving humans
Open AccessM D Petraglia, Ravi Korisettar et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2011Cited by: 6References: 1
A southern Indian Middle Palaeolithic occupation surface sealed by the 74 ka Toba eruption: Further evidence from Jwalapuram Locality 22
Open AccessM Haslam, C Clarkson et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2011Cited by: 29References: 26
The Toba volcanic super-eruption, environmental change, and hominin occupation history in India over the last 140,000 years
Open AccessM D Petraglia, Peter W Ditchfield et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2011Cited by: 46References: 18
In Foote's Steps: The History, Significance and Recent Archaeological Investigation of the Billa Surgam Caves in Southern India
M Haslam, Ravi Korisettar et al.ARTICLESouth Asian Studies2010Cited by: 3References: 1
The ossiferous Billa Surgam cave complex in southern India has the longest record of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental exploration of any Indian cave system, commencing in the first half of the nineteenth century. The remarkable record of these investigations, which have paralleled and even driven the understanding of Palaeolithic occupation in the sub-continent, has to date never been comprehensively reviewed and placed in historical contex…
The 74 ka Toba super-eruption and southern Indian hominins: Archaeology, lithic technology and environments at Jwalapuram Locality 3
Open AccessM Haslam, C Clarkson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2010Cited by: 35References: 11
Experimental examination of animal trampling effects on artifact movement in dry and water saturated substrates: A test case from South India
Open AccessM I Eren, A J Durant et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2010Cited by: 70References: 12
New rock art discoveries in the Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Open AccessPaul S C Taçon, Nicole Boivin et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2010Cited by: 4References: 13
The authors have surveyed the little known paintings of the Kurnool area in central south India, bringing to light the varied work of artists active from the Palaeolithic to the present day. By classifying the images and observing their local superposition and global parallels, they present us with an evolving trend – from the realistic drawings of large deer by hunter-gatherers, through the symbolic humans of the Iron Age to the hand-prints of m…
Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago
Open AccessM D Petraglia, Michael Petraglia et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2009
Genetic studies of South Asia's population history have led to postulations of a significant and early population expansion in the subcontinent, dating to sometime in the Late Pleistocene. We evaluate this argument, based on new mtDNA analyses, and find evidence for significant demographic transition in the subcontinent, dating to 35–28 ka. We then examine the paleoenvironmental and, particularly, archaeological records for this time period and n…
The Prehistoric Axe Factory at Sanganakallu-Kupgal (Bellary District), Southern India
Open AccessRoberto Risch, Nicole Boivin et al.ARTICLEInternet Archaeology2009Cited by: 2References: 11
A 10-30m wide dolerite dyke on the northernmost of the complex of granite hills in the Sanganakallu-Kupgal area became one of the main sources of raw material for the production of stone axes in southern India during the late prehistoric period. At least three large hill settlements (several hectares each) were established in the hill complex, and one of them appears to have gradually developed into a large-scale production centre. Quarrying and …
The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 Years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter
Open AccessChris Clarkson, M D Petraglia et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2009Cited by: 90References: 28
The Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter in southern India dates back to 35 000 years ago and it is emerging as one of the key sites for documenting human activity and behaviour in South Asia. The excavated assemblage includes a proliferation of lithic artefacts, beads, worked bone and fragments of a human cranium. The industry is microlithic in character, establishing Jwalapuram 9 as one of the oldest and most important sites of its kind in South A…
Metanarratives and the (re)invention of the Neolithic: A case study in rock-art from Birappa Rock Shelter and Hiregudda Hill, South-Central India
Open AccessDavid Robinson, David W Robinson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Archaeology2008Cited by: 5References: 21
Rock-art reflects cultural narratives and is influential as a medium in the invention of narratives. Images found in South-Central Indian rock-art are particularly useful in considering archaeological transitions. Rock-art here shows a chronology spanning the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Megalithic, Historic, and Modern times. Imagery reflects changing human/animal relationships, from `agile' hunted animals to cattle and its domestication, with rock-ar…
Toward developing a basin model for Paleolithic settlement of the Indian subcontinent: Geodynamics, monsoon dynamics, habitat diversity and dispersal routes
Ravi KorisettarCHAPTERThe Evolution and History of…2007
Stone Axe Technology in Neolithic South India: New Evidence from the Sanganakallu-Kupgal Region, Mideastern Karnataka
Adam Brumm, Ph D Boivin Nicole et al.ARTICLEAsian perspectives2007Cited by: 12References: 24
This essay discusses the preliminary results of recent archaeological investigations into stone axe production and exchange processes at a Neolithic hilltop settlement in South India. The site in question comprises a stone-lined circular structure situated on a plateau area on the side of a topographically complex hill, known locally as Hiregudda. Across the plateau, extensive surface scatters of flaked dolerite material indicate a heavy focus on…
Dating the Neolithic of South India: New Radiometric Evidence for Key Economic, Social and Ritual Transformations
Open AccessD Q Fuller, Nicole Boivin et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2007Cited by: 16References: 17
The Neolithic period in South India is known for its ashmounds, superseded (in its Iron Age) by megalith builders with craft specialisation. Thanks to a major radiocarbon dating programme and Bayesian analysis of the dates, the authors have placed this sequence in a new chronological framework: the ashmounds, formed by burning cattle dung, are created by a few generations of people. In many cases the mounds are then succeeded by villages, for whi…
Sensual, material, and technological understanding: Exploring prehistoric soundscapes in south India
Open AccessNicole Boivin, Adam Brumm et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Royal Anthropologica…2007Cited by: 29References: 36
Recent years have witnessed an increased interest within archaeology in the non-visual senses, and particularly sound. To date, however, most studies have focused on the evidence for musical instruments and the acoustic properties of special structures and spaces, like monuments and caves. This study reports on further evidence for special musical activities at the prehistoric site of Sanganakallu-Kupgal in south India, but then also moves on to …
Early plant domestications in southern India: Some preliminary archaeobotanical results
Open AccessD Q Fuller, Dorian Fuller et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2004Cited by: 29References: 4
Early Human Behaviour in Global Context: The Rise and Diversity of the Lower Palaeolithic Record
Ravi Korisettar, Michael D PetragliaBOOKEarly Human Behaviour in Global…2003
List of contributors. Preface Michael D. Petraglia and Ravi Korisettar 1. The Archaeology of the Lower Palaeolithic: background and overview Ravi Korisettar and Michael D. Petraglia 2. Techniques for the Chronometry of the Palaeolithic: evidence for global colonization Ashok K Singhvi, Gunther A. Wagner and Ravi Korisettar 3. Towards a Technological Reassessment of East African Plio-Pleistocene Lithic Assemblages Brian V. Ludwig and J. W. K. Harr…