Open AccessA Critical Review of the Economy of the Chalcolithic People of Inamgaon
Author(s) -
Anwita Dutta
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ancient asia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2042-5937
DOI - 10.5334/aa.06111
Subject(s) - excavation , chalcolithic , subsistence agriculture , subsistence economy , multidisciplinary approach , scale (ratio) , geography , economy , politics , archaeology , agriculture , history , political science , social science , bronze age , sociology , economics , cartography , law
The large-scale excavation of Inamgaon was a landmark in thehistory of Indian archaeology, it was not only the most extensive and systematicexcavation, but several scientific methods were employed for the recovery and analysisof archaeological data. The multidisciplinary approach enabled the reconstruction ofvarious aspects of the economic and the socio-political organization of the earlyfarming community of the Deccan. While considering economy, as one of the main aspectsof social life, the present emphasis on the reanalysis of the economic aspects ofChalcolithic Inamgaon has been explored with a consideration of the three basicactivities of the economic system (production, distribution and consumption) and all itsvariables (subsistence, technology and environment)