An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.10

v1.c9.s6.10

Excepting the use of ground stone implements, each of these cultures differs from the others in material equipment and to some extent in the specific levels of the subsistence economy. Any attempt to consider these cultures as ramifications of one single development may be regarded as premature (Sarma, 1972). Territorial analysis (Higgs, 1972; Jarman, 1972) which relates archaeological sites to the locally available economic potential and affords a picture of the agricultural constraints operating around the sites has unfortunately not been attempted so far in any of these regions (except perhaps to a limited extent at KUPGAL). At the same time it may be remembered that while certain areas still remain unexplored, the main difficulty at the present moment lies in the varying intensity and emphasis on archaeological fieldwork in the above-mentioned regions.