Archaeologies of flow: Water and the landscapes of Southern India past, present, and future

摘要: The present and future landscapes waterscapes of South Asia consist, in part, many residues the past—soils, slopes, a range water-related infrastructure. As such, problems related to irrigation rural water use are directly linked embodied histories this region. Beyond lineal connections, contemporary such as watershed protection, erosion, reservoir siltation, falling tables, were also faced by agriculturalists past. Archaeologies flow thus may have some bearing on well This paper provides review evidence for changes over last 5,000 years southern India, focusing semi-arid interior region Karnataka state from Southern Neolithic (c. 3000–1200 b.c.) present.