Author(s): Carla M. Sinopoli, Kathleen D. Morrison Vijayanagara,
the “City of Victory,” was the capital of South India’s largest
and most successful pre-colonial empire from c. AD 1330-1565.
This richly-illustrated volume reports on the results of a ten-
year systematic regional archaeological survey in the hinterland
or “metropolitan region” of this vast and well-preserved urban
site. Detailed information is presented on the 380 sites
documented in the first three seasons of fieldwork. Additional
chapters place Vijayanagara in its broader regional and
historical context and provide an overview of settlement,
economy, and land-use in the city’s c. 650 sq km metropolitan
region; present in detail the methodology employed in South
India’s first systematic regional survey; and describe the
artifacts recovered. Publisher: Museum of Anthropology Month of
Publication: January Year of Publication: 2007 Location: Ann
Arbor, MI # of Pages: 334 Monograph Series / Number: Memoirs, 41
Tables / Illustrations: 18 tables, 44