Status of Prehistoric Studies in the Twenty-first Century in India (British Archaeological Reports British Series)

Ten papers assess the state of archaeological research in India in the twenty-first century. Topics include an overview of prehistoric research; essays on the Acheulian and Mesolithic cultures of West Bengal; food production in the Neolithic Ganga valley; an experimental approach to tool manufacture from quartz nodules; ancient brass working techniques; the recovery of a middle pleistocene child's skull; and a final assessment of the future of prehistoric archaeology in India.