Browsing Scholarly literature by Author "Gaur, A.S."
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Ancient technology and history of jetties and ports in India: Study based on archaeological evidences
Gaur, A.S.; Vora, K.H. (National Inst. of Oceanography (CSIR); India, 2009) -
Ancient technology of jetties and anchorage system along the Saurastra coast, India
Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh (Primus Books, 2016)This chapter tries to bring out the ancient technologies opted for the anchorages on jetties and ports of Saurastra, Gujrat -
Ancient technology of jetties and anchoring points along the west coast of India
Gaur, A.S.; Vora, K.H. (Indian Academy of Science, 2007)The Indian coast, with a long history of maritime activities, has been dotted with several ancient ports. The evidence for this exists in port-related structures on the shore and in relics lying in the sea adjacent. Marine ... -
Arcellaceans and pollen/spores of a late Harappan settlement near Porbandar, west coast of India: Implications for palaeoecology and environmental monitoring
Farooqui, A.; Gaur, A.S. (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2007)Archaeological sites have been a storehouse of information on various aspects of the past, including climatic conditions and hydrological characteristics in a particular time bracket. Recent excavation near Porbandar has ... -
Archaeological remains of the ancient harbours along the west coast of India: A legacy of our maritime heritage
Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh; Tripati, S. (National Institute of Oceanography, India, 2004)The maritime activity has played a vital role in the emergence of well-developed civilizations around the world during mid-Holocene period. Cultural interaction, exchanges of technology, trade and commerce led the human ... -
Archaeological sites along the Gujarat coast: Proxies to decipher the past shoreline
Vora, K.H.; Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh (Darshak Itihas Nidhi, 2011)During the late Holocene, coastal configuration has undergone continuous changes due to various reasons like sea level fluctuations and shoreline shift. Several reasons are attributed like global warming causing polar ice ... -
Archaeological sites as indicators of ancient shorelines
Vora, K.H.; Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh; Tripati, S. (Society for Marine Archaeology, NIO, 2006)During the late Holocene, coastal configuration has undergone continuous changes due to various reasons like sea level fluctuations and shoreline shift. Several reasons are attributed like global warming causing polar ice ... -
Archaeological sites on the Indian Ocean Rim - A growing database
Gaur, A.S. (2007)This section is designed to act as a plafform for reporting explored and excavated sites of all periods located along the Indian Ocean rim. The Indian Ocean is broadly defined It Includes the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, the ... -
Archaeology of Bet Dwarka Island
Sundaresh; Gaur, A.S. (Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies., 1998)Explorations along the shore and in the intertidal zone at Bet Dwarka island, Gujarat, India were carried out by the Marine Archaeology Centre of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India between 1981-1994. ... -
Archaeology of lighthouses along the Indian coast with reference to a lighthouse at Kodinar, Gujarat
Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh (Indian Archaeological Society, 2011)A lighthouse is an important aid for navigation and they are in use for the past 2500 years The archaeological remains of light houses are meagre in India and the earliest remains are not dated earlier than the medieval ... -
Archaeology of the western Saurashtra Coast: Post-urban Harappan era
Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh (Oxford, 2009)The present essay deals with the post-Indus Valley Civilization phase in the context of the settlements along the western Saurashtra Coast, particularly the three sites: Bet Dwarka, Bokhira and Kindar Kheda that were ... -
Archeologie sous-marine de l'ancienne Dwarka dans l'Okhamandal
Gaur, A.S. (Webzine Eurasie, 2006)Okhamandal, one of the most important religious centers is situated in Jamnagar district of Gujarat province on the west coast of India. The total landmass covers an area of 70 sq miles, which is marshy, bushy, and uneven ... -
Belekeri as traditional boat building centre in the North Kanara district, Karnataka, India
Gaur, A.S. (Society for Marine Archaeology, India, 1993) -
Ceramic industries of Dwarka
Gaur, A.S. (Society for Marine Archaeology, India, 1990) -
Ceramic industries of Poompuhar
Gaur, A.S. (NIO, Dona Paula, Goa, India, 1997) -
Climate Induced Vegetational Evolution: Palynological and Thecamoebian Study from Coastal Archaeological Sites, Saurashtra
Farooqui, A.; Gaur, A.S. (Agam Kala Prakashan, New Delhi, 2015)Coastal archaeological sites serve as potential archive of past climate-culture and vegetation relationship responding to relative sea level changes. Most of the Harappan dwellers along the coastal region largely depended ... -
Climate, vegetation and ecology during Harappan period: Excavations at Kanjetar and Kaj, mid-Saurashtra coast, Gujarat
Farooqui, A.; Gaur, A.S.; Prasad, V. (Elsevier, 2013)A multi-proxy study was carried out to address climate–culture relationship from two trenches one each from Kaj and Kanjetar (mid-Saurashtra coast) deposited in a lacustrine setting, since ~1960 Cal BC and ~2230 Cal BC, ... -
Coastal Archaeological Explorations on the Eastern Margin of the Little Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat
Gaur, A.S.; Sundaresh (The Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS), 2019)A coastal archaeological exploration was carried out on the eastern margin of the Little Rann of Kachchh to document the ancient remains of coastal settlements, port installations and any other aspects related to maritime ... -
Cultural sequence of Bet Dwarka Island based on thermoluminescence dating
Vora, K.H.; Gaur, A.S.; Price, D.; Sundaresh (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2002)Earlier studies on the onshore and inter-tidal zone explorations in Bet Dwarka island had revealed the presence of a large number of potsherds and other antiquities that correspond to the protohistoric (2000-1500 BC), ... -
Early Historic Shipwreck Archaeology of the Indian Subcontinent Region
Gaur, A.S. (Agam Kala Prakashan, New Delhi, 2015)Shipwreck archaeology in South Asian region is rather recent when one compares with the rest of the world and shipwrecks of the Bronze Age are unknown so far. There is also limited information on the shipwrecks of the early ...