TY  - GEN
AU  - Avikunthak, Ashish
TI  - Bureaucratic archaeology : state, science, and past in postcolonial India
SN  - 9781316512395
U1  - 934.01 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Doorways
KW  - Sacred space
KW  - Archaeological Survey of India
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Archaeology--Political aspects
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Solar energy
N1  - Contents
List of Figures  xi
Preface  xiii
Acknowledgments  xxvii
Note on Transliteration  xxxi
List of Abbreviations  xxxiii
1. Anthropology of Archaeology  1
2. The Making of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization  33
3. Bureaucratic Hierarchy in the ASI  70
4. Spatial Formation of the Archaeological Field  102
5. Epistemological Formation of the Archaeological Site  128
6. Theory of Archaeological Excavation  153
7. Making of the Archaeological Artifact  178
8. Performance of Archaeological Representations  205
9. The Absent Excavation Reports  227
Conclusion  259
Bibliography  267
Index  314
ER  -