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H 290 x W 205 mm

680 pages

Highly illustrated throughout in colour and black & white

Published Aug 2018

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781784919177

Digital: 9781784919184

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Keywords
Archaeology; South Asia; Bronze Age; Indus; Mark Kenoyer; Festschrift

Walking with the Unicorn: Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation Volume

Edited by Dennys Frenez, Gregg M. Jamison, Randall W. Law, Massimo Vidale, Richard H. Meadow

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This volume, a compilation of original papers written to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to the archaeology of South Asia over the past forty years, highlights recent developments in the archaeological research of ancient South Asia, with specific reference to the Indus Civilization.

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About the Author

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (born May 28th 1952 in Shillong, India) is one of the world’s leading experts on the ancient Indus Civilisation of Pakistan and India. Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, he has been excavating with the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP) at the ancient Indus city of Harappa since 1986 and is currently involved in ongoing research in South Asia as well as in adjacent regions including the Oman Peninsula, Afghanistan and China. His particular interests include the origins and development of urbanism, writing and technologies. He has worked with craftspeople in Pakistan, India, China and the Sultanate of Oman, to replicate ancient pottery, jewellery, copper smelting and other manufacturing processes. He speaks fluently Urdu, Hindi and Bengali.