[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c45.348 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.348 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.348 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.348) A comparative study of the Neolithic culture of Sarutaru with the ‘ethnographic present’ of the existing societies in the hills in the same geographical area reveals a cultural continuum from the Neolithic period down to the present. The present tribal societies practise a method of shifting cultivation called \*jhum\*. The agricultural implements they use at present are similar in type and form to the neolithic hoes, except that stone is replaced by metal. The continuity owes to a large extent to the unproductive terrain which they have inherited from their Neolithic predecessors. - [Previous: v2.c45.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.347) - [Next: v2.c45.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.349) - [Up: v2.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.348) · Pramāṇa