TALK "Interpreting the Past through Science" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 18th August 2017

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 18/08/2017 18:30 18/08/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Interpreting the Past through Science" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/08/talk-interpreting-past-through-science.html Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Interpreting the Past through Science" as part of 'Indian Archaeology' Series 

Speaker: Dr. V. N. Prabhakar, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Visiting Faculty at the Archaeological Sciences Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.  Carried out investigations on the bead drilling technology of Dholavira Harappans, copper remains from Dholavira, palaeoclimatic investigations of northern Rajasthan based on archaeobotanical remains.

Chair: Shri B.M Pande

Archaeology has emerged into a multi-disciplinary science, departing from the traditional methodology of ‘descriptive archaeology’. It now employs various scientific disciplines, like geology, material sciences, metallurgy, anthropology, botany, zoology, computer science, statistics, etc. This lecture will explain a few case studies of understanding and interpreting the past using scientific disciplines, in particular, those undertaken by the speaker in the field of Harappan archaeology. The case studies will include on the bead drilling technology of the Harappans, evidence for textile remains and their interpretation, evidence for mobility of people during third and second millennium BCE.

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