About the Book Archaeology has rapidly developed as a mature field of scientific enquiry into the past, from its obscure beginnings as a purely Tact-grubbing antiquarian' discipline.
Chapter 1 gives an exhaustive introduction. Chapter 2 reviews the latest developments in the field of archaeology with a special reference to the Indian contexts and advocates a strong case in favor of the improvement in data retrieval techniques to form foundations for the empirical testing of the theoretical propositions. Chapter 3 highlights the recent developments in the sphere of methodological advancements. Chapter 4 examines the future prospects of archaeology and briefly enumerates the applicability of scientific advances to improve the conditional knowledge of the past. Chapter 5 draws conclusions as to the present scenario in progress of archaeology and aims to regenerate sensitivity towards the validity of exercises to reconstruct the past. The three appendices exemplify the recent trends.
About the Author Vijneshu Mohan has had a brilliant academic career with first position in his M.A. from the Kurukshetra University. Subsequently, he visited the U.S.A. on a scholarship of the Ohio University. Thereafter, he won the prestigious Cambridge Nehru Scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
He has several research publications and presentations in international/ national conferences and seminars. He taught Archaeology at the Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Introduction Archaeology has rapidly developed mature field scien tific from obscure beginnings purely fact-grubbing antiquarian' discipline. satisfactorily explain or understand past anthropogenic processes, theoretical analytical perspectives gaining importance. Concerted efforts are made delineate the past environment decipher to Methodological advances are rapidly gaining ground identify the processes in the pattern-distributions of archaeological remains. Inter-disciplinary approaches significantly improve upon data-collection by the methods exploration excavation. The data-base is strategically augmented according to ordered reasoning, based the primary aims and constrained set of questions. This of formulations provide scientific rigour the conjectural explanations. Ideally, excavation sites undertaken elucidate cultural stratigraphy, plan of features recovery the past environment influenced the contemporary human impact. The archaeologically recovered remains discrete and forms situated analysis socially-discursive past. Normally, the past ent here now. Hopefully, reconstructed past not unduly burdened by the judgement of the practicing scholars. Continuing access fresh data genuinely conducive building of value concepts. Still, is commonly realized low level interpretations possible beset with poor quality sustaining arguments. Imbibed with critical spirit scholars have approaches for improving the emerging interpretations.
their differential archaeological sites are discovered by virtue of accident by other means.
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