Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Connections and Complexity: New Approaches to the Archaeology of South Asia - Shinu Anna Abraham, Praveena Gullapalli, Teresa P. Raczek, and Uzma Z. Rizvi -- 2. To What Extent Were Prehistoric Sri Lankans Isolated from the Indian Mainland? Biotic and Archaeological Considerations - Kenneth A. R. Kennedy -- 3. Commodities and Things: The Kulli in Context - Rita P. Wright -- 4. New Evidence for Interaction between the Iranian Plateau and the Indus Valley: Seals and Sealings from Konar Sandal South - Holly Pittman -- 5. The Sindh Archaeological Project: Explorations in the Lower Indus Basin and Western Sindh - Louis Flam -- 6. Iconography of the Indus Unicorn: Origins and Legacy - Jonathan Mark Kenoyer -- 7. Forest Products in a Wider World: Early Historic Connections across Southern India - Kathleen D. Morrison and Mark T. Lycett -- 8. The Substance and Symbolism of Long-distance Exchange: Textiles as Desired Trade Goods in the Bronze Age Middle Asian Interaction Sphere - Monica L. Smith -- 9. Weighty Matters: Evidence for Unity and Regional Diversity from the Indus Civilization Weights - Heather M. -L Miller -- 10. Starch Grain Analysis and Experiments Provide Insights into Harappan Cooking Practices - Arunima Kashyap and Steve Weber -- 11. Red Polished Ware in Gujarat: Surface Collections from Inland Sites - Nancy Pinto-Orton -- 12. Spiraling Interconnectedness: A Fresh Look at Double-spiral-headed Pins in the Indian Subcontinent - Heidi J. Miller -- 13. In Search of Craft and Society: The Glass Beads of Early Historic Tamil South India - Shinu Anna Abraham -- 14. Lamination as Production Technique: Patterns and Possibilities - Praveena Gullapalli -- 15. Bronze Age Pastoralism and Differentiated Landscapes along the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor - Michael Frachetti.

16. The Ghost of the State in Deep Antiquity: A Closer Look at the Harappan Civilization from the Viewpoint of Sanskrit Literature - Piotr A. Eltsov -- 17. Crafting Communities and Producing Places: Copper, Settlement Patterns, and Social Identity in the Ganeshwar Jodhpura Cultural Complex, Rajasthan, India - Uzma Z. Rizvi -- 18. Technology and Everyday Crafts: Identifying Traces of Shared Histories in the Archaeological Record - Teresa P. Raczek -- 19. Regional Diversity in the Harappan World: The Evidence of the Seals - Marta Ameri -- 20. Monumentality and the Third-millennium "Towers" of the Oman Peninsula - Charlotte Marie Cable and Christopher P. Thornton -- 21. Small-scale Interactions across the North Gujarat Plain - Suzanne Harris -- Index -- About the Authors.