Excavations at Burzahom (1960-1971) (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 118)

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Geological setting and land formation. 3. Layout and cuttings.  4. Archaeological findings. 5. Art objects. 6. Plant remains. 7. Burial practices: contributed by A.K. Sharma. 8. Conclusion. Appendices.

Burzahom was the first Neolithic habitation site of its kind in Kashmir, excavated by T.N. Khazanchi of Archaeological Survey of India from 1960 to 1971. Burzahom is recognised as a unique site with fascinating traces of habitation, especially adopted to face long, cold isolated winters of the Himalayas.

The Neolithic people of Burzahom created pit-dwellings, buried their pets, produced their own food and got engaged in long distance trade with the outside world. This book presents an engaging of the research carried at Burzahom in the 1960s.