ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates local habitation and behavioral patterns through the limited data yielded by small-scale excavations in North Gujarat. It provides an analysis of the material culture from these small-scale sites in order to provide a more nuanced understanding of the Chalcolithic landscape. The specific subregion of North Gujarat was selected because of the high number of small sites that had been previously excavated. The sites, such as Loteshwar, Santhli, Datrana, Moti Pipli, Nagwada, Langhnaj, Zekhada, Ratanpura, and Kanewal, demonstrate the broad range of economic strategies practiced in this region throughout the 4th through 2nd millennia BC. The discussion of these sites highlights patterns of similarities and differences in the material culture and subsistence strategies that emerge as the sites are compared with each other, with the goal of elucidating economic strategies that might have been pursued by the occupants of each site.
