[INDOLOGY] brick-making communities

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Thank you, Julia!  That's very helpful indeed.  It's a literature I'm
completely unfamiliar with.

Is there a general opinion amongst SA archaeologists about the continuity
or otherwise of contemporary rural brickmaking with medieval, ancient or
very ancient brickmaking?

Best,
Dominik




On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 at 10:56, Shaw, Julia via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Standardised  brick size and type particular to specific periods figure
> prominently as dating tools  in  South Asian excavation reports (too many
> to collate here). For example, tables based on brick size are provided in
> G. Verardi's (2007) Excavations at Gotihawa and Pipri, Kapilabastu
> District, Nepal, Rome, IsIAO.
>
>
> Further, more general  discussion:
>
>
> T.N. Mishra, 1997
>
> Ancient Indian bricks and Brick Remains, New Delhi: Harman
>
>
> E.S.N. Reddy, 1998. Evolution of building technology: Early and Medieval
> in Andhradesa, 2 vols. New Delhi. Bharatiya Kala Praashan.
>
>
> M. Pareek, 2002. Early Indian Residential architecture.
>
>
> I'll try to look out some other references on continuities /
> discontinuities between Harappan / early-historic brick technology. There
> is also ethno-archaeological work on brick making communities, again which
> I'll need to look out.
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Julia
>
>
>
>


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