The Published (to date October 2017) Archaeobotanical Data from the Indus Civilisation, South Asia, c.3200-1500BC

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Bates, Jennifer, 2019, "The Published (to date October 2017) Archaeobotanical Data from the Indus Civilisation, South Asia, c.3200-1500BC", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WSHMAD, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:IbJUrlW8a4IWXSv9lMRX/A== [fileUNF]

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Description	This database represents the published archaeobotanical data from the Indus Civilisation (c.3200-1500BC) up to October 2017. The dataset represents a systematic collation of all primary published macrobotanical data, regardless of their designation as economically valuable plant or wild species. The database comprises of 63 sites and 339 ‘taxa’ (including less confidently identified elements such as ‘charred seed’). Data is presented as presence/absence due to different sampling, quantification and data presentation practices.
Subject	Arts and Humanities
Keyword	Archaeology, Archaeobotany, South Asia, Indus Civilisation, Harappan, Bronze Age, Paleoethnobotany, Macrobotanical
Related Publication	This paper is under review in JOAD; Also relevant for earlier, unpublished version of database: Bates, J., 2016. Social Organisation and Change in Bronze Age South Asia: a multi-proxy approach to urbanisation, deurbanisation and village life through phytolith and macrobotanical analysis (PhD). University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

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	ICArchbotPeriods.tab Tabular Data - 444 B Published Jun 12, 2019 192 Downloads 2 Variables, 11 Observations UNF:6:qbVI...taA== One file providing information on periodisation used.

	ICArchbotReferences.tab Tabular Data - 39.1 KB Published Jun 12, 2019 105 Downloads 3 Variables, 110 Observations UNF:6:fWeP...9rw== One file with bibliographic information for archaeobotanical reports used in database (ICArchbotTaxa).

	ICArchbotSites.tab Tabular Data - 6.5 KB Published Jul 29, 2019 145 Downloads 14 Variables, 110 Observations UNF:6:2/F3...c8g== One file providing the sites, phases and sampling information for all sites with associated archaeobotanical data. Sites are described by their names, and periodisation follows that reported in the papers.

	ICArchbotTaxa-1.tab Tabular Data - 110.4 KB Published Jul 29, 2019 159 Downloads 341 Variables, 110 Observations UNF:6:vL1+...sUQ== One file providing the taxa data collated from publications. Table organised with sites and periods in rows and taxa in columns. Accessions noted as x (present) and (absent).