Jim G. Shaffer

Jim G. Shaffer is an American archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University.

Shaffer holds a B.A. (1965) and M.A. (1967) in "Anthropology" from Arizona State University. He also has a Ph.D. (1972) in "Anthropology" from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is noted for his studies on the Indus Valley Civilization.

Publications

*"The Indo-Aryan Invasions: Cultural Myth and Archaeological Reality", in John R Lukacs (ed.) "The People of South Asia: The Biological Anthropology of India, Pakistan and Nepal", New York,1984, Plenum Press, pp. 77-88.
*"Prehistoric Baluchistan: With Excavation Report on Said Qala Tepe".
*"A Honaki Phase Site on the Lower Verde River, Arizona".
*cite book | chapter="Cultural tradition and Palaeoethnicity in South Asian Archaeology" | title="Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia" | editor=Ed. George Erdosy | year=1995 | id=ISBN 3-11-014447-6
*cite book | chapter="Migration, Philology and South Asian Archaeology" | title="Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia" | editor=Ed. Bronkhorst and Deshpande | year=1999 | id=ISBN 1-888789-04-2
*"Reurbanization: The Eastern Punjab and Beyond." 1993 In "Urban Form and Meaning in South Asia: The Shaping of Cities from Prehistoric to Precolonial Times. Studies in the History of Art No. 31". H. Spodek and D.M. Srinivasan, (Eds.). Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, pp. 53-67.
*"The Indus Valley, Baluchistan and Helmand Traditions: Neolithic Through Bronze Age." 1992 In "Chronologies in Old World Archaeology". Second Edition. R.W. Ehrich, (Ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. I:441-464, II:425-446.

External links

* [http://www.case.edu/artsci/anth/shaffer.html Jim Shaffer Homepage]