TY - BOOK TI - Megalithic Traditions of North East India SN - 9386682702 U1 - 954.1 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi KW - History KW - History-North East India N1 - CONTENTS Section- I: Regional Specifics 1. The Enchanting Monuments of Khasi-Jaintia Hills 2. Poumai Megalithic Types and their Functions 3. Origin, Affinties ad Chronology of Naga Megaliths 4. Construction of Megaliths by Karbis of Demoria 5. Ideological Basis of Megaliths in Mizo society 6. Langtsaok Tradition of Lepchas in Sikkim Section- II: Symbolic Nature of Megaliths 7. Megaliths, Materiality and Meaning 8. Monumentality, social Memories and the Idea of Landcape in Naga Megalithic Tradition 9. Mortuary Behaviour of the Jaintias of Meghalaya 10. The Sociology of Stones in Nagaland 11. From an Eastern 'Stonehenge' to a Strategic Market Place Section- III: Land, Changes and Continuity 12. Social Markers of the Garos: Looking at a Tradition Undergoing Change 13. Wood Engravings as a Cultural Memories of the Chakhesang Nagas 14. The Megaliths of Cherrapunjee in Changing Times Includes Index ER -