The Archaeology of Coastal Bengal

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ID9401473
AuthorsRupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay (corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages360
Publication date2018-07-19
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueArchaeology of Coastal Bengal (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780199481682.001.0001
OpenAlexW2914700380
ISBN9780199481682
Open LibraryOL28696457M
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Research work on coastal Bengal has mostly focused on maritime trading networks. In a clear departure from the existing scholarship, this volume questions the linearity of considering trade as the sole determinant of creation of settlement in the coastal regions. Focusing on settlement strategies, Chattopadhyay unravels how human societies, through successive generations, have adapted to the coastal environment and bio-regime. First-hand data, procured through extensive fieldwork, forms the sound basis of this work. From structural remains, ceramic and bone implements, and stone tools, to terracotta figurines and inscriptions—a vast array of sources is analysed, including epigraphic and literary sources. Significantly, the volume also highlights the interconnection between the coastal geography and the hinterland. Chattopadhyay’s meticulously researched work offers a geographical and temporal frame which allows the research in coastal Bengal to be viewed as an integral part of the archaeological developments in the subcontinent, as well as in the adjoining region of the Southeast Asian countries

Ancient city · Archaeology · Bay · BENGAL · Geography · Political science · Scholarship · Settlement (finance · Terracotta · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Antiquities · Bengal · Coastal archaeology · Excavations (Archaeology) · India

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