TY - BOOK AU - Jain V K TI - Prehistory and Protohistory of India: an appraisal : palaeolithic--non-Harappan chalcolithic cultures T2 - Perspective in Indian art & archaeology, SN - 9788124603734 U1 - 934 J1998 P PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - D.K. Printworld KW - Prehistoric peoples KW - Protohistory N1 - Fresh excavations, new dating techniques and ever-growing conceptual frameworks since 1950 have greatly reshaped our perspective on Prehistory and Protohistory of the Indian subcontinent. This monograph, which is primarily aimed to serve as a starter for the undergraduate and postgraduate students, presents, in a concise but comprehensive manner, a syncretic view of the latest information on various aspects such as tools and technologies, settlement and subsistence patterns, ecological background and distributional configuration in respect of the Stone Age and the Chalcolithic Cultures outside the Harappan Zone. The Megalithic Cultures of peninsular India and the Deccan too find a place in the book. A glossary of the terms used frequently in archaeology as well as maps, line-drawings and explanatory notes on individual sites add further value to the text ER -