Pre- and Protohistoric Andhra Pradesh Up to 500 B.C.M. L. K. Murty This volume traces archaeological research undertaken in Andhra Pradesh going back to the nineteenth century when the cultures of the region were explored and documented. In the 1950s, scholars conducted culture-historic research across the physiographical regions of Andhra Pradesh, following trends in India and Old World. 1970s saw a shift from the historic approach to the development of models for the contextual study of sites, and the explanation of the archaeological record in terms of the adaptive behaviour of past societies. |
Contents
Physiography and Environment | 9 |
Lower Palaeolithic Cultures | 29 |
Mesolithic Cultures | 64 |
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods | 73 |
NeolithicChalcolithic Cultures in Andhra Pradesh | 88 |
The Iron Age | 107 |
The Early Historic Transition | 139 |
Glossary | 174 |
Common terms and phrases
Acheulian Adilabad Allchin Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh Anogessius series artefacts beads bones cairn Chintakunta Chittoor circles cist cist burials Deccan deer Early Historic Eastern Ghats Eleru excavated flakes forest Fruits are eaten geometric Godavari basin Guntur district habitation-cum-burial human figures humped bulls Hyderabad iron objects Karimnagar Karnataka Kethavaram Krishna valley Surface Kunderu Kurnool caves Lower Palaeolithic M. L. K. Murty Mahbubnagar district Megalithic Megalithic burials Mesolithic microlithic Middle Palaeolithic Nagarjunakonda Nalgonda Nallamala hills Nellore Neolithic Neolithic-Chalcolithic occupations Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Paleru Penneru Ph.D phase porthole pottery Prakasam district Prehistoric Raju Rayalaseema Rayalaseema plateau red ware region Renigunta River rock shelter Sagileru Satavahana Scattered shrubby facies sites in Andhra slabs South coastal plains South India Southern Eastern Ghats Stratified/surface stream of Krishna Swarnamukhi taluk technocomplex Telangana Telangana plateau terracotta Tirupati tropical black clays Tungabhadra Upper Palaeolithic village Vishakhapatnam Warangal zones