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78 | Manjil Hazarika
Cord-impressed Pottery in Neolithic-Chalcolithic
Context of Eastern India
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Manjil Hazarika
Research Associate, Indian Archaeological Society and
Himalayan Languages Project, University of Bern, Switzerland
Email: hazarikam@gmail.com

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             
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NORTHERN VINDHYAN REGION
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         
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        
           
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80 | Manjil Hazarika
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Fig. 2:
Fig. 3:   
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     
     
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     
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   
    
     
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     
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     
      
      
    
     

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               
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          
         
     
         
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   
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        

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Fig. 10:      
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Fig. 11:  
      
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            
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         
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           
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            
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           
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              
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Plate 21: 

96 | Manjil Hazarika
NAGA HILLS
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      
            
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           
  
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SOUTHERN ASSAM HIGHLANDS
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           
          
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Fig. 22: 

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
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           
             
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
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
           

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Fig. 23: 

98 | Manjil Hazarika
       
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH
             

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            
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
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Fig. 24: 

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OTHER REGIONS OF BENGAL PLAINS, CHOTANAGPUR PLATEAU AND SIKKIM
HIGHLANDS
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       

    
               

            




             
  
    
         

          

        


    
         

           
               

          
       
        

METHODS OF OBTAINING CORDIMPRESSIONS
 

         

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CORDIMPRESSED POTTERY MAKING TRADITION IN THE ETHNOGRAPHIC
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           
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      
      
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      
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104 | Manjil Hazarika
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              
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          
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           
     
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          
        
           
             



   
            
          
 
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CONCLUDING REMARKS



           
 
         





    



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       
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            
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106 | Manjil Hazarika
              
Archaeology of Orissa
  Archaeology of Orissa
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
Pragdhara
First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies
        Puratattva

  
Puratattva

Puratattva, 

Puratattva

and Environment
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            Archaeology of
Orissa
    
 Abhijnan: Studies in South Asian Archaeology and Art History of Artifacts, Felicitating A.K.M.
Zakariah, 
              
Puratattva
           
Asian Agri-History 
    
Ancient Asia 
         
Proceedings of the North East India History Association
       Journal of Historical
Research
           
   The North East Umbrella: Cultural-Historical Interaction and
Isolation of the Tribes in the Region (Pre-history to 21st Century

  Pottery Technology of Northeast India in Historical Perspective,  
             


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 Understanding
North East India: Cultural Diversities, Insurgency and Identities     

           People of
Contemporary Northeast India
          Quaternary
International
Social
and Cultural Stratification in Northeast India    
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IAR: Indian Archaeology- A Review
Archaeology of Orissa

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and Environment
       
         Quaternary International
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Puratattva 
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
Puratattva 
Some Aspects of Indian Archaeology
Puratattva 

            
Pragdhara
  Excavations at Jhusi (Pratishthanapur) – A
fresh light on the Archaeological Profile of the Middle Gangatic Plain

 An Outline of the Neolithic Culture of the Khasi-Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, India: An
Archaeological Investigation
Highlander

Man and Environment

Puratattva
      Man and Environment 
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108 | Manjil Hazarika
A Study on Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology and Associated Cultural Remains
of West Tripura District
Man and Environment 
   Ceramics of Northeast India: Ethno-archaeological Perspectives. 

Stone Tools of Dibru Valley
Pottery Techniques of Peasant India

           
Ancient India 
Early Man in Eastern Himalayas
Excavations at Mahagara 1977-78 (A Neolithic settlement in the
Belan Valley
Prehistoric Archaeology of Assam - A Study of the Neolithic Culture

Man
Puratattva 
Puratattva
             
Puratattva
             
Pragdhara
            
Pragdhara

Pragdhara
Stone Age Culture of Manipur
Puratattva
Pottery Through the Ages in Manipur
Pragdhara
Pragdhara
Excavation at Narhan(1984-89).
Archaeology of the Ganga Plain: Cultural-Historical Dimensions.

Puratattva 
Pragdhara
Pragdhara 

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Pragdhara
              
Pragdhara
Puratattva
Pragdhara
Pragdhara
Puratattva
Puratattva
      Archaeology of Orissa

             Proceedings of the
Sixteenth International Conferences of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists
             
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           
Pragdhara
Pragdhara

           
Pragdhara
             
Pragdhara

Pragdhara
Pragdhara

Pragdhara
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