North-East India A Handbook of Anthropology

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PART 1: PREHISTORIC NORTH-EAST INDIA 1. Prehistoric Archaeology of North-East India 3 H. C. SHARMA 2. Ethno-Archaeology of North-East India 22 ABDULLAH ALI ASHRAF AND SANKAR KUMAR ROY 3. Megaliths of North-East India 34 QUINBALA R. MARAK PART 11: COLONIAL NORTH-EAST INDIA 4.J. H. Hutton and Colonial Ethnography of North-East India P. K. MISRA 5. J. P. Mills and India`s North-East B. R. RIZVI 6.Reconfiguring Colonial Ethnography The British Gaze over India`s North-East JELLE J. P. WOUTERS PART III: PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF NORTH-EAST INDIA 7. Physical Anthropology in North-East India An Overview of Approaches and Models 125 R. KHONGSDIER 8. Understanding Human Growth 155 BAPUKAN CHOUDHURY AND GULRUKH BEGUM 9. Anthropometric Assessment of Growth and Body Composition 181 R. KHONGSDIER 10. Population Genetics of North-East India 210 T. SHYAMACHARAN SINGH 11. Dental Anthropology of North-East India 239 DHRUBA KUMAR LIMBU 12. Dermatoglyphic Traits in North-East India 257 SARTHAK SENGUPTA PART IV: SOCIAL-CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN NORTH-EAST INDIA 13. Anthropological Survey of India and the Social Anthropology of India`s North-East 279 JAYANTA SARKAR 14. A Short History of Social-Cultural Anthropology in North-East India 302 A. N. M. IRSHAD ALI 15. Tribal Social Organisation 316 R. K. KAR 16. The Anthropology of Lesser-known Tribes 339 SARIT K. CHAUDHURI 17. Agrarian Relations in Tribal Milieu S. B. CHAKRABARTI 18. Indigenous Knowledge and Management of Natural Resources ANUNGLA AIER AND SAPU CHANGKIJA 19. Shirting Cultivation in North-East India JONALI DEVI