Rural Settlements of the Chandigarh Siwalik Hills (India)
A Morphogenetic Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12034869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A B MUKERJI (Panjab University, Chandigarh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-115 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0435-3684 • E-ISSN: 1468-0467 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/04353684.1976.11879415 |
| OpenAlex | W2324170984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Unlike their amorphous pattern, nucleation around a religious symbol, and irregular form in the Punjab Plains, the rural settlements of the badland topographic setting of the Siwalik Hills are characterised by strongly lineated distribution explained by Multiple Collinear Diffusion Model, non-nucleated agglomeration interpreted with the Dominant Clan Model, and rectangular or squarish form created by the controlled location of houses and clan-blocks around central open yard (berti) and site of ancestor worship (khera).Unrelenting initially, the Siwalik Hills ultimately yielded to the persuasive though unscrupulous techniques employed by the Gujars in thrusting their genre de vie through the valleys slashed into its terrain. The setting was ideal, the terraces for cultivation and slopes for grazing; the equipment was strong, the unfailing spirit of clan, and the youthful dynamism of the pastoral mode, for the Gujars to move forward into the dimly known but little experienced territory. The supremacy of cultural determinism in creating a unique category of settlement fabric was firmly and finally established
Ancient history · Archaeology · Clan · Dynamism · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Human settlement · Political science · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Worship · Anthropology · History · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Law · Philosophy · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 1999 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |