The eighth volume of Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology (2020) is presented in two issues. During the Covid-19 pandemic induced difficulties, like all other walks of life, the discipline of archaeology too passed through challenging times. Perhaps, archaeology was severely deprived of field-oriented research activities during this time because of the lockdown and travel restrictions across the world. However, the substantial count of paper submissions during this time indicates that the academicians found it a chance to explore more into the unseen prospects of their research.
The eighth volume of Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology (2020) is presented in two issues. During the Covid-19 pandemic induced difficulties, like all other walks of life, the discipline of archaeology too passed through challenging times. Perhaps, archaeology was severely deprived of field-oriented research activities during this time because of the lockdown and travel restrictions across the world. However, the substantial count of paper submissions during this time indicates that the academicians found it a chance to explore more into the unseen prospects of their research.
The seventh volume of Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology(2019) is presented before the academia with proud and happy feelings. The previous volumes of the journal have received constructive compliments from many archaeologists and institutions all around the world. The continued recognition of the journal in the list of approved journals for Archaeology by the UGC since June 2017 is a delightful achievement. The electronic form of the journal is made available in the official website which is open access in nature (http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com). The University of Kerala is the sole funding agency that makes the publication of this journal possible.
With immense pleasure, we are presenting the sixth volume of Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. The previous volumes of the journal have received constructive compliments from many archaeologists and institutions all around the world. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology has been continuing in the list of approved journals for Archaeology by the UGC since June 2017. The electronic form of the journal is made available in the official website which is open access in nature. The link of the website is: http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com. We are happy to know that the website is searched widely. We express our thanks to Zivisec Integrated Solutions, Kazhakkuttom for responsible maintenance of the website. The University of Kerala is the sole funding agency that makes the publication of this journal possible.
It is with a sense of joy and pride we present before you the fourth volume of the journal Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. In the past four years this journal has gained international recognition and there have been scholars wanting to publish their articles in the journal. The current issue of the journal has eight international articles from scholars native to countries like United States of America, Japan, Ukraine, Mauritius, Egypt and Pakistan. Established and budding academicians from nearly all leading Universities in India have contributed to the journal. The contributed articles from India cover a whole array of archaeological subdisciplines and periods that include prehistory, protohistory, megalithic and historic. The articles of the historic period deals with facets like, analysis from excavated sites, epigraphy, art, architecture and iconography.
It is with a sense of joy and pride we present before you the fourth volume of the journal Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. In the past four years this journal has gained international recognition and there have been scholars wanting to publish their articles in the journal. The current issue of the journal has eight international articles from scholars native to countries like United States of America, Japan, Ukraine, Mauritius, Egypt and Pakistan. Established and budding academicians from nearly all leading Universities in India have contributed to the journal. The contributed articles from India cover a whole array of archaeological subdisciplines and periods that include prehistory, protohistory, megalithic and historic. The articles of the historic period deals with facets like, analysis from excavated sites, epigraphy, art, architecture and iconography.
It gives us great pleasure to bring out the third issue of Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. The last two issues of the journal have received accolades from many archaeologists and institutions. This in fact burdens us with more responsibility to maintain a good standard in the journal.Over the last year we have received close to 70 articles for this journal and needless to say this is due to the standard set by the journal and the popularity it has gained by word of mouth in the archeological circles. In this current issue, we have received articles from budding as well as established scholars in the field of archaeology and the articles and issues discussed range in time from Prehistoric to Medieval
It gives us great pleasure in bringing out Volume ‐ 2 of Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. As envisaged while initiating the first volume, we have been fairly successful in getting the articles peer reviewed. We appreciate the authors in their endeavour of incorporating the corrections and suggestions recommended by the reviewers. The present volume contains 55 articles and deals with a wide range of topics. Many of the topics dealt have a multidisciplinary approach. Editing 55 articles was definitely an audacious task, but we are happy that our efforts have yielded good results. We are thankful to all the reviewers and contributors who have strived and joined hands with us to make this endeavour a success.
HERITAGE: JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Harappan and Regional Chalcolithic Cultures Of Greater Indus Region
There was a long felt need of commencing a new journal to cater to the academic requirements of young researchers working in archaeology and its ultidisciplinary fields. This idea gets fructification with publication of the first volume of this journal. This volume of the journal is a special issue commemorating the Platinum Jubilee of establishment of the University of Kerala and the completion of the 15th year of establishment of Department of Archaeology, in the University of Kerala, the only department of its kind for post graduation studies and research in Kerala. This journal is also special since it is the first endeavor by this department. The current volume has an ISSN number mandatory for a good recognized publication. To maintain the quality of the research articles accepted for publication, this journal subsequently will be made a peer reviewed journal and will be published annually