Basanta kumar mohanta (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. First. 410pp. With Illustrations.

Condizione: New. pp. 140.

Condizione: New. pp. 140.

Condizione: New. pp. 140.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Technique of prehistoric rock art in India/Atul Chandra Bhowmick. 2. Organization of ceramics production in Chalcolithic Balathal Rajasthan/Anup R. Mishra. 3. Traditional agriculture and irrigation technology of the Harappans/Rajesh Kumar and P. Anuradha. 4. Pre-industrial iron smelting technique in Eastern India: with special reference to Odisha/Basanta Kumar Mohanta. 5. Ethno-archaeological observation on metal crafts in Assam/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay and Surajit Lahiri. 6. Traditional salt making among the meiteis of Manipur: a study on intangible cultural heritage/N. Shakmacha Singh and Kishor K. Basa. 7. The Mauleys of Sundarban: traditional wisdom of honey collection/Binita Basu. 8. Traditional methods of oil extraction among the Nicobarese of Katchal Island/D.V. Prasad. 9. Traditional river fishing technology/Tanaya Kundu Chowdhury and Shyamal Kumar Nandy. 10. Traditional technology park of the Indira Gandhi Rastriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal/Basanta Kumar Mohanta. Now, when the world has shrunk into a global village, tribes and rural people of India still use various kinds of traditional techniques and knowledge systems for their survival. Because of the industrialization, modernization, globalization etc. this traditional knowledge system and techniques are disappearing rapidly from the world. The present book is an effort to record, conserve, preserve as well as to create awareness system to rescue these vanishing traditional techniques. Traditional Knowledge System and Technology in India foregrounds the eco-friendly scientific developments of the people of India who lived and still are living a life of crises in remote areas. This book contains 29 articles on different aspects of traditional knowledge systems and technologies practiced by the tribal and rural folk of different parts of the India, covering the area of prehistoric, proto-historic, historic as well as the ethnographic contexts. The important sub areas covered by this book includes, traditional economic activates, health care system, art and crafts irrigation and water management systems, communication, natural resource management etc. This book will be useful for the anthropologists, archaeologists, industrialists, scientists, environmentalists, ethno-botanists, NGOs, administrators, researchers and academicians etc.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Neolithic and post neolithic cultures of Odisha: an outline. 2. The study area and present environment. 3. Neolithic culture of Northern Odisha. 4. Metal agculture and technology in Northern Odisha. 5. Early historic archaeology of Northern Odisha. Summary and conclusion. Bibliography. Index. Although many scholars have carried out work on different aspects of the prehistoric and historic archaeology of Odisha, no such studies have given emphasis on the cultural evolution from the Neolithic to the Early History. Hence the book Neolithic and Post-Neolithic Cultures of Odisha with special Reference to Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar Districts is an attempt to show the cultural evolution from Neolithic to early Historic culture of Northern Odisha which is responsible for the emergence of a complex society in this region. The book has been divided into five chapters along with an introduction summary and conclusion. It provides a detailed analysis of the findings along with some supporting site maps sketches and photographs. Analysis of different tool components on the basis of the recovered lithic tools from different eco-zones is an important aspect of this work. This book also contains two experiments relating to the Neolithic stone tool making techniques and their use. Besides the emphasis has also been given to study the copper age sites of this region. Analysis of metal technology which is an important aspect of human cultural evolution is made to reconstruct the ancient iron smelting technology of the region. The book also contains a data base of early historic findings. Apart from this an attempt has also been made to reconstruct the early historic culture of this region. (jacket).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. The Pictographic Catalogue deals with material culture remains preserved in Ethnographic Museum of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak. Some selected specimens of Household Equipments, Hunting Implements, Fishing Equipments, Agricultural Implements, Dress and Personal Adornments, Musical Instruments etc. of Tribes of Amarkantak region are documented. Some aspects of tangible heritage of the tribes are reflected through these material objects. This pictographic catalogue would be helpful to the scholars and students of anthropology, ethnography, museology, culture studies and the people having interest in this field.…

Condizione: New. pp. 617.

Condizione: New. pp. 617.

Condizione: New. pp. 617.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. India is the home to large number of indigenous people, who are still untouched by the lifestyle of the modern world. With more than 84.4 million, India has the largest population of the tribal people in the world. Each tribe has its own identity and culture which varies greatly from each other. The tribes have their distinct socio-economic, cultural, political and religious institutions which are important part and parcel of cultural heritage of India. They have contributed immensely towards the history and culture of India. At present there do approximately six hundred and ninety seven tribes inhabit in different parts of India. More than half of the Indian tribal population is concentrated in the states of Central India which consists of plateaus and mountainous belt between Indo-Gangetic plain to the north and roughly to the Krishna River to the south. The present book 'Recent Researches on the Tribes of Central India' (in 2 Volumes) contains 43 articles ranging the various aspects of life and culture of the tribes of central India which includes economy and livelihood, ethno history, religion and rituals, education, language and literature, ethnography, culture, ethno medicine, art and craft, tourism, violent, conflicts, conservation and protection of tribal cultural heritage, change and development etc. Since, the subject matter of the study covers the multiple disciplines; it would be helpful for the teachers, scholars of anthropology, sociology, history, political science, economics, folklore studies, religion studies, tribal and fine arts, musicology, ethnology, ethno medicine, tribal studies, regional studies etc. as well as administrators, planner and people having interest in these areas.…