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DOI	10.1016/j.ara.2019.01.001
	Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP): Exclusive Iron Age landscapes in the Western Ghats, India
	Arjun, R.; Korisettar, Ravi; Deo, Sushama; Mushrif-Tripathy, Veena; Naik, Satish; Jadhav, Shreekant; Mallinathpur, Yogesh
通讯作者	Arjun, R (corresponding author), Deemed Univ, Sch Business Studies & Social Sci, CHRIST, Bannerghatta Rd Campus, Bangalore 560076, Karnataka, India.
来源期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
ISSN	2352-2267
EISSN	2352-2275
出版年	2019
卷号	17 页码:173-180
英文摘要	Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP) conducted systematic transect surveys and excavations in the Coorg plateau at the upper reaches of river Kaveri in the Western Ghats, Karnataka. The archaeological record of the study area is exclusively an Iron Age landscape, as we did not find any other prehistoric or early historic sites. We focused on studying thirty-nine Iron Age (1200 BCE-300 BCE) sites of two categories, habitation and megaliths, and we present here our preliminary observations addressing to site findings, their landscapes and settlement patterns. We then consider the geographical and climatic implications for understanding the formation of their economy and politics. We argue that sites in the Western Ghats did not differ significantly from the temporal and cultural material typologies of contemporary Iron Age sites in the semi-arid or savannah conditions of Deccan plateau. Yet the adaption of Iron Age communities to Western Ghats climate which is characterized by high rainfall, lush tropical forests, fallow lands and diverse faunal ecology should have had distinct implications for the development of their economy and politics.
英文关键词	Iron Age Megaliths Western Ghats Upper Kaveri Karnataka
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000460767700016
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369426
作者单位	[Arjun, R.] Deemed Univ, Sch Business Studies & Social Sci, CHRIST, Bannerghatta Rd Campus, Bangalore 560076, Karnataka, India; [Korisettar, Ravi] Karnatak Univ, Dharwad 580003, Karnataka, India; [Deo, Sushama; Mushrif-Tripathy, Veena; Naik, Satish; Jadhav, Shreekant] Deemed Univ, Dept AIHC & Archaeol, Deccan Coll Postgrad & Res Inst, Pune 411006, Maharashtra, India; [Mallinathpur, Yogesh] Govt India, Natl Museum, Minist Culture, New Delhi 110011, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arjun, R.,Korisettar, Ravi,Deo, Sushama,et al. Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP): Exclusive Iron Age landscapes in the Western Ghats, India[J],2019,17:173-180.
APA	Arjun, R..,Korisettar, Ravi.,Deo, Sushama.,Mushrif-Tripathy, Veena.,Naik, Satish.,...&Mallinathpur, Yogesh.(2019).Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP): Exclusive Iron Age landscapes in the Western Ghats, India.ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA,17,173-180.
MLA	Arjun, R.,et al."Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP): Exclusive Iron Age landscapes in the Western Ghats, India".ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA 17(2019):173-180.