Open AccessINDIGENOUS FOODWAYS OF THE GALOS: A CHALLENGE TO ARCHAEOLOGY
Author(s) -
Bina Gandhi Deori
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of indo-pacific archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2375-0510
DOI - 10.7152/jipa.v37i0.14785
Subject(s) - foodways , indigenous , subsistence agriculture , geography , foothills , archaeology , tribe , ethnology , ecology , anthropology , agriculture , history , biology , sociology , cartography
The Galos are one among many tribes inhabiting the mountainous terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, located in the foothills of the Himalayas in North-East India. The traditional subsistence practice of the Galos includes swidden cultivation popularly known as jhummin g in North-East India, animal husbandry and gathering. The paper discusses in detail the indigenous foodways of the Galos and how it pose challenges to the archaeology of the food in the region. Keywords: Arunachal Pradesh, Galo tribe, indigenous, foodways