Contents PART I - LAND, ENVIRONMENT AND THE MAKING OF HUMAN LANDSCAPES........................................................................................................ 23 Chapter 1 - The Physical Foundations of Society.............................................................................. 24 Chapter 2 - Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence.......................................................................... 32 Chapter 3 - CHALCOLITHIC AND EARLY AGRARIAN COMMUNITIES...................... 42 Chapter 4 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF FOOD AND EVERYDAY LIFE.......................................... 49 Chapter 5 - ENVIRONMENT, MOBILITY AND SETTLEMENT.......................................... 57 .. PART XV - SYNTHESIS................................................................................. 1271 Chapter 143 - The longue durée of social change.......................................................................... 1272 Chapter 144 - From Subsistence to Market Integration............................................................... 1281 Chapter 145 - Household, Caste, Class and Gender across Time............................................... 1290 Chapter 146 - Riverine Ecology and Economic History.............................................................. 1299 Chapter 147 - Language as Social Infrastructure........................................................................... 1307 Chapter 148 - India and Nepal: One Interaction Zone, Multiple Political Economies............ 1315 Chapter 149 - Cultural Persistence, Reinvention and Modern Institutions.............................. 1324 Chapter 150 - Conclusion: Socio-Cultural-Economic Histories without Timeless Essences.. 1332 Selected Chronology........................................................................................... 1341 Glossary................................................................................................................ 1360 Historical Place-Name Concordance................................................................. 1345 Language-Name Concordance............................................................................ 1346 Consolidated Bibliography................................................................................. 1347 Index.................................................................................................................... 1399
