Book contents
- The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization
- The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two The Paleoenvironmental Context
- Three Laying the Groundwork
- Four Southwest Asian Crops and Their Significance
- Five Big Millets
- Six Small Millets
- Seven Rice
- Eight Tropical Pulses and the Identification of Local Domestication Processes
- Nine Microfossils and the Multi-proxy Approach
- Ten Beyond ‘Staples’
- Eleven Crop Processing and Social Organization
- Twelve Cropping Strategies and Seasonality
- Thirteen Irrigation and Intensification
- Fourteen Indus Identities and Food
- Fifteen The ‘Late Harappan Revolution’
- Sixteen The Burnt Remains
- References
- Index
Ten - Beyond ‘Staples’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2024
Book contents
- The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization
- The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two The Paleoenvironmental Context
- Three Laying the Groundwork
- Four Southwest Asian Crops and Their Significance
- Five Big Millets
- Six Small Millets
- Seven Rice
- Eight Tropical Pulses and the Identification of Local Domestication Processes
- Nine Microfossils and the Multi-proxy Approach
- Ten Beyond ‘Staples’
- Eleven Crop Processing and Social Organization
- Twelve Cropping Strategies and Seasonality
- Thirteen Irrigation and Intensification
- Fourteen Indus Identities and Food
- Fifteen The ‘Late Harappan Revolution’
- Sixteen The Burnt Remains
- References
- Index
Summary
Using the combined skills of macrobotanical and microbotanical remains, it has been recognized that cereals and pulses, the typical staple foods, were not the only Indus foods exploited and we must broaden our thinking to the less densely found but also ubiquitous ‘other things’. These fruits, oilseeds, vegetal plants and spices made the Indus a vibrant food scene.
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- The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization , pp. 167 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025