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Inscriptions of nature : geology and the naturalization of antiquity

by Chakrabarti, Pratik.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Maryland: John Hopkins University Press, 2020Description: xii, 263p.ISBN: 9781421438740.Subject(s): Archaeological geology -- India -- Gondwana | Geology -- Methodology | Gondwana (India) -- Historical geography | Gondwana (India) -- Environmental conditions | Gondwana (India) -- Antiquities | India -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 934.3 C349I
Contents:
Introduction. Past unlimited -- The canal of Zabita Khan : the nature of history -- Ancient alluviums : landscapes of antiquity -- Mythic pasts and naturalized histories : the deep history of sacred geography -- Remnants of the race : geology and the naturalization of human antiquity -- The other side of Tethys : Gondwana and the geology of primitivism -- Conclusion: The new deep history.
Summary: "This theoretical book is a work of history and of cultural studies. Through analyses of Gondwana, India, and its geological, anthropological, and cultural histories, the book describes how human evolution, mythological geographies, tribal aboriginality, and colonial state formation fundamentally defined India's antiquity"--
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Reference Section 		Reference 934.3 C349I (Browse shelf) Checked out to Renny Thomas (0269) Not For Loan Reserve 29/01/2022 10565
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910.02140954 V19L Landforms of India from topomaps and images 915.980422 W155M Malay Archipelago 920.009154 SI64S Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: An Iron Man of India 934.3 C349I Inscriptions of nature : 938 H191O OCR classical civilisation 940.531814 H615G Generation of postmemory : 943.085 B620H Heritage of our times

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Past unlimited -- The canal of Zabita Khan : the nature of history -- Ancient alluviums : landscapes of antiquity -- Mythic pasts and naturalized histories : the deep history of sacred geography -- Remnants of the race : geology and the naturalization of human antiquity -- The other side of Tethys : Gondwana and the geology of primitivism -- Conclusion: The new deep history.

"This theoretical book is a work of history and of cultural studies. Through analyses of Gondwana, India, and its geological, anthropological, and cultural histories, the book describes how human evolution, mythological geographies, tribal aboriginality, and colonial state formation fundamentally defined India's antiquity"--

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