- The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges
- Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
- A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation
- A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history