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
Six - Small Millets
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
Continuing with millets, the even less commonly explored small millets are dived into with detailed exploration not only of the overidentified Eleusine, the more discussed foxtails and broomcorn, but also wild and weedy native species. The question of local Indus domestication processes is considered.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025