Dating the Neolithic of South India: New radiometric evidence for key economic, social and ritual transformations

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 313, 2007, Pages 755-778

  Fuller, Dorian Q ^a   Boivin, Nicole ^b   Korisettar, Ravi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ashmounds; Megaliths; Neolithic; South Asia; South India

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BOS;

EID: 34848885132     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00095715     Document Type: Article

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