1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, I... more 1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Institució Milà i Fontanals, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, SPAIN 2 GRC Geociències Marines Departament d'Estratigrafia, P. i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, SPAIN 3 Geographisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, GERMANY 4 Arqueologia Agrària de l’Edad Mitjana (ARAEM), Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i l'Edat Mitjana, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Cerdanyola, SPAIN
El projecte NoGAP ha comptat amb el financament del Programa Excava (2009) de l’Agencia de Gestio... more El projecte NoGAP ha comptat amb el financament del Programa Excava (2009) de l’Agencia de Gestio d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya; del Programa de Ayudas para Proyectos Arqueologicos en el Exterior (2009-2012) del Ministeri d’Educacio, Cultura i Esport; del Programa Estatal d’I+D+i (2011-2013) del Ministeri d’Economia i Competitivitat, i del Programa CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010 (2010-2017) del Ministeri d’Economia i Competitivitat. El projecte ha estat beneficiari de les llicencies seguents per a us cientific d’imatges d’observacio terrestre: ESA EOPI 12931, 13095 i 28764; DLR Science System HYD2578, i NASA-USGS LPDAAC Educational User. Durant el desenvolupament d’aquesta recerca, FCC i JJGG van gaudir d’ajuts JAE Predoc del Consell Superior d’Investigacions Cientifiques i del Fons Social Europeu, i ALB va gaudir d’un Ajut Juan de la Cierva del Ministeri d’Economia i Competitivitat. CaSEs (http://cases.upf.edu) es un grup de recerca emergent reconegut p...
[EN] The fifth NoGAP fieldwork was carried out between November and December 2011 in North Gujara... more [EN] The fifth NoGAP fieldwork was carried out between November and December 2011 in North Gujarat (India). For the 2011 fieldwork there was the need of acquiring further data on the archaeology from the Holocene deposits, with a special focus on the record before the 5000 BC bracket, which testifies to the earliest occupation of this area. Furthermore, it was important to get a deeper understanding of the landscape evolution of the area as well as clarify the formation processes of the archaeological record together with the geoarchaeology.[ES] La quinta campaña del proyecto NoGAP se ha llevado a cabo entre noviembre y diciembre de 2011 en el norte del Gujarat (India). Para esta campaña existía la necesidad de seguir recopilando nuevos datos de los conjuntos arqueológicos provenientes de depósitos que se extienden a lo largo del Holoceno y que nos pudieran dar un registro más detallado de las primeras fases de ocupación del territorio (antes de ca. 5000 a. C.). Además, se necesitaba profundizar en el trabajo de entender la evolución del paisaje de esta zona y aclarar los procesos de formación de los depósitos arqueológicos junto con la parte geoarqueológica.Peer reviewe
ABSTRACT Loteshwar (23º 36ʹ 1.8ʺ N; 71º 50ʹ 11.8ʺ E) is situated in the Sami Taluka of Patan Dist... more ABSTRACT Loteshwar (23º 36ʹ 1.8ʺ N; 71º 50ʹ 11.8ʺ E) is situated in the Sami Taluka of Patan District in North Gujarat, Western India. First excavated in 1990’s the site was re-excavated by the North Gujarat Archaeological Project during November/December 2009. The 2009 excavation unearthed two cultural periods namely Mesolithic (dated between the end of the eighth millennium cal BC and the middle of sixth millennium cal BCE) and Chalcolithic (dated to around 3600-3000 BC). The comparative analysis of the lithic assemblages associated with these periods is the main objective of the current study. Other artefacts and ecofacts recovered during the excavations suggest a changing economy at the site from hunting and gathering to agro-pastoralisam. However, the analysis of the lithic assemblage, in particular the cores show continuity in term of a tool technology (quartering technique of stone tool manufacturing) for over five thousand years. This technological continuity is associated to continuity in settlement patterns, characterized by the occupation of dune tops and the uninterrupted transmission of technological knowledge from one generation to another.
1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, I... more 1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Institució Milà i Fontanals, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, SPAIN 2 GRC Geociències Marines Departament d'Estratigrafia, P. i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, SPAIN 3 Geographisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, GERMANY 4 Arqueologia Agrària de l’Edad Mitjana (ARAEM), Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i l'Edat Mitjana, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Cerdanyola, SPAIN
El projecte NoGAP ha comptat amb el financament del Programa Excava (2009) de l’Agencia de Gestio... more El projecte NoGAP ha comptat amb el financament del Programa Excava (2009) de l’Agencia de Gestio d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya; del Programa de Ayudas para Proyectos Arqueologicos en el Exterior (2009-2012) del Ministeri d’Educacio, Cultura i Esport; del Programa Estatal d’I+D+i (2011-2013) del Ministeri d’Economia i Competitivitat, i del Programa CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010 (2010-2017) del Ministeri d’Economia i Competitivitat. El projecte ha estat beneficiari de les llicencies seguents per a us cientific d’imatges d’observacio terrestre: ESA EOPI 12931, 13095 i 28764; DLR Science System HYD2578, i NASA-USGS LPDAAC Educational User. Durant el desenvolupament d’aquesta recerca, FCC i JJGG van gaudir d’ajuts JAE Predoc del Consell Superior d’Investigacions Cientifiques i del Fons Social Europeu, i ALB va gaudir d’un Ajut Juan de la Cierva del Ministeri d’Economia i Competitivitat. CaSEs (http://cases.upf.edu) es un grup de recerca emergent reconegut p...
[EN] The fifth NoGAP fieldwork was carried out between November and December 2011 in North Gujara... more [EN] The fifth NoGAP fieldwork was carried out between November and December 2011 in North Gujarat (India). For the 2011 fieldwork there was the need of acquiring further data on the archaeology from the Holocene deposits, with a special focus on the record before the 5000 BC bracket, which testifies to the earliest occupation of this area. Furthermore, it was important to get a deeper understanding of the landscape evolution of the area as well as clarify the formation processes of the archaeological record together with the geoarchaeology.[ES] La quinta campaña del proyecto NoGAP se ha llevado a cabo entre noviembre y diciembre de 2011 en el norte del Gujarat (India). Para esta campaña existía la necesidad de seguir recopilando nuevos datos de los conjuntos arqueológicos provenientes de depósitos que se extienden a lo largo del Holoceno y que nos pudieran dar un registro más detallado de las primeras fases de ocupación del territorio (antes de ca. 5000 a. C.). Además, se necesitaba profundizar en el trabajo de entender la evolución del paisaje de esta zona y aclarar los procesos de formación de los depósitos arqueológicos junto con la parte geoarqueológica.Peer reviewe
ABSTRACT Loteshwar (23º 36ʹ 1.8ʺ N; 71º 50ʹ 11.8ʺ E) is situated in the Sami Taluka of Patan Dist... more ABSTRACT Loteshwar (23º 36ʹ 1.8ʺ N; 71º 50ʹ 11.8ʺ E) is situated in the Sami Taluka of Patan District in North Gujarat, Western India. First excavated in 1990’s the site was re-excavated by the North Gujarat Archaeological Project during November/December 2009. The 2009 excavation unearthed two cultural periods namely Mesolithic (dated between the end of the eighth millennium cal BC and the middle of sixth millennium cal BCE) and Chalcolithic (dated to around 3600-3000 BC). The comparative analysis of the lithic assemblages associated with these periods is the main objective of the current study. Other artefacts and ecofacts recovered during the excavations suggest a changing economy at the site from hunting and gathering to agro-pastoralisam. However, the analysis of the lithic assemblage, in particular the cores show continuity in term of a tool technology (quartering technique of stone tool manufacturing) for over five thousand years. This technological continuity is associated to continuity in settlement patterns, characterized by the occupation of dune tops and the uninterrupted transmission of technological knowledge from one generation to another.
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