Abstract
Presented here are the data collected during regional surveys of Vidarbha, India, which were collected to reconstruct the societal and cultural changes that took place in this region during the mid-first millennium CE. Following an overview of the data and their research context, we describe the methods that were used to collect, process and analyse them. This is accompanied by a critical assessment of the factors that constrained the survey and our results. The dataset is then described in detail, with a thorough account of each data group and how they are arranged, presented and archived. Finally, we discuss how these data can be reused in the continued archaeological study of this region, and comparative studies of site distributions. Funding statement: Fieldwork and research were part of the Asia Beyond Boundaries project, an ERC Synergy project funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 609823, awarded to Dr Michael Willis.
Highlights
(1) Overview Context The data presented here are the results of recent archaeological fieldwork carried out to investigate the societal and cultural developments that took place in South Asia during the mid-first millennium CE
Research questions tend to be oriented towards historical concerns with the development of kingdoms and states [13, 25], the spread of religious institutions [3, 5] and socioeconomic systems [42, 48]
Further complicating the situation is the fact that most archaeologists working in South Asia tend to focus on earlier periods, where there are fewer or no textual sources, and they are less constrained by historical paradigms [7]
Summary
(1) Overview Context The data presented here are the results of recent archaeological fieldwork carried out to investigate the societal and cultural developments that took place in South Asia during the mid-first millennium CE. Reconnaissance and site surveys were carried out in these targeted areas to locate and record archaeological sites with the twin aims of: (a) generating data that could be analysed to test existing perceptions of the impact of these grants, and answer wider research questions to do with the nature of the societal changes that took place in this region and elsewhere during this period; and (b) making a standardised record of what was found that could be made openly accessible and shared with the wider archaeological community working in this area and on this period.
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