Neolithic plants economy at Chirand, Bihar

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  • Vishnu-Mittre Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1972.1463

Abstract

Remains of food plants from the bottom layers of Neolithic horizon at Chirand near Patna, Bihar, comprise lentil, barley, rice, Pisum arvense, etc. These constitute the first record of Neolithic plant economy from North India. The Neolithic plant remains known from Burzahom in the Kashmir Valley are of weeds associated with cultivation.

From a series of C14 dates at this site, it appears that the bottom layers are younger (405 B.C. - 1570 B.C.) than the overlying layers (1675-1750 B.C.). If no discrepancies arc involved, the bottom layers from which the plant remains have been discovered may be dated around 3000-4000 B.C.

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References

Agarwal DP 197. Tata Inst. Radiocarbon Date List. Mimeogr. Circular.

Narain, Lala Aditya 1970. The Neolithic settlement at Chirand. Jour. Bihar. Res. Soc. 46: 1-35.

Vishnu-Mittre 1968. Protohistoric Records of Agriculture in India. Trans. Bose. Res. Inst. 31: 87-106.

Vishnu-Mittre 1974. The Beginnings of Agriculture: Palaeobotanical Evidence from India. In “Evolutionary Studies in World Crops: Diversity and Change in the Indian Sub-Continent, Ed. Prof. Sir Joseph Hutchinson, Cambridge, U.K.: 3-33.

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1972-12-31

How to Cite

Vishnu-Mittre. (1972). Neolithic plants economy at Chirand, Bihar. Journal of Palaeosciences, 21((1-3), 18–22. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1972.1463

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