The proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007. Contents: 1 Introduction: A Review of the Gilund Excavations and Related Research (Vasant Shinde and Teresa P. Raczek); 2) Development from Mesolithic to Chalcolithic in the Mewar Region of Rajasthan: Contribution of Gilund Excavation (Vasant Shinde); 3) An Overview of the Antiquities from the 1999-2005 Excavations at Gilund, A Chalcolithic Site in Southeast Rajasthan (Julie A. Hanlon); 4) Cultural Developments at the Chalcolithic Site of Gilund, Rajasthan (Matthew J....

This compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe of archaeological scholarship. Contributions focus on four major themes: reinterpreting material culture; identifying domains and regional boundaries; articulating complexity; and modeling interregional interaction. These studies develop theoretical...