South Asian Archaeology 2007: Volume I – Prehistoric Periods: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology Ravenna, Italy, 2-6 July 2007

Contents: 1) Let not the 19th Century Paradigms Continue to haunt us! (B.B. Lal); 2) Reflections on “Dots on a Map” (C. Lamberg-Karlovsky); 3) T-Shaped Pillars and Mesolithic “Chiefdoms” in the Prehistory of Southern Eurasia: A Preliminary Note (M. VidaleI); 4) Protohistoric Terracotta Figurines: Continuity and Change in Form and Style (circa 2000-3000 BC) (A. Banerji); 5) Assessing Anthropogenic Soil Erosion with Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery: an Archaeological Case Study of Long-Term Land Use (A.M. Bauer and K.D. Morrison); 6) Rejecting the State: Reflections on Ancient Indian Thought and the Organization of Harappan Society (P. A. Eltsov); 7) Nomadic Settlement and Economy of Western Himalaya (Upper Indus) (R. S. Fonia); 8) Exploring Inner Asia’s High Alpine Frontier: High Alpine Transhumant Pastoralism, Vertical Cultivation and Environmental Archaeology in the Lower Vakhsh-Panj Confluence and Gorno-Badakhshan Regions, Southern Tajikistan (I. Good); 9) A view to the North: Biological Interactions across the Inter-Montane Borderlands during the Last Two Millennia BC (B.E. Hemphill); 10) Are the kho an Indigenous Population of the Hindu Kush? A Dental Morphometric Approach (B.E. Hemphill et al); 11) The UNESCO International Safeguarding Campaigns for Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan. A Retrospective (M. Jansen); 12) A New Late Bronze Age Site in Southern Uzbekistan (K. Kaniuth); 13) Excavation at Kammer, a Harappan Site in Gujarat: Some Observations (J. S. Kharakwal et al); 14) Transport at Altyn-Depe in the 3rd Millennium BC (the Evidence of Vehicle Models) (L.B. Kircho); 15) INAA of Agate Sources and Artifacts from the Indus, Helmand, and Thailand Regions (R. Law et al); 16) Is it possible to speak about Middle Bronze Age in Southern Tajikistan ? (G. Lombardo); 17) The Lithic Industry from Hazar Sum (Samangan, Afghanistan): New Perspectives and Old Data (R. Micheli); 18) Harappan Archaeology in the Ghaggar Basin with Special Reference to the Sites of Girawad and Farmana (V. Shinde et al); 19) Autochthonous Late Bronze Aged cultures in Central Asia: Where are they ? (T. S. Shirinov and S.R. Baratov); 20) Exploring Ceramic Variability in Iron Age South India: Social and Political Implications (C.M. Sinopoli); 21) Ilgynly-Depe: New Discoveries (N.F. Solovyova); 22) Early Farming Cultures at Lahuradewa: Recent Evidence in the Middle Ganga Plain (R. Tewari); 23) Three seasons at Kasr al-Khafaji (Tower 1146) at Bat, Oman (C. P. Thornton et al); 24) The So-Called Stupa at Mohenjo Daro and its Relationship with the Ancient Citadel (G. Verardi and F. Barba); 25) Will the Monuments of the Middle Bronze Age be Discovered on the Territory of Southern Tadjikistan ? (N. M. Vinogradova); 26) Integration by price in the Bronze Age (D. A. Warburton); 27) Defining the Indus Sign List (B. Wells); 28) Satellite Remote Sensing Imagery: New Evidence for Site Distributions and Ecologies in the Upper Indus (R. Wright and C. Hritz).