Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP): Exclusive Iron Age landscapes in the Western Ghats, India Subject The topic of the resource Iron Age; Karnataka; Megaliths; Upper Kaveri; Western Ghats Description An account of the resource Koppa Archaeological Research Project (KARP) conducted systematic transect surveys and excavations in the Coorg plateau at the upper reaches of river Kaveri in the Western Ghats, Karnataka. The archaeological record of the study area is exclusively an Iron Age landscape, as we did not find any other prehistoric or early historic sites. We focused on studying thirty-nine Iron Age (1200 BCE300 BCE) sites of two categories, habitation and megaliths, and we present here our preliminary observations addressing to site findings, their landscapes and settlement patterns. We then consider the geographical and climatic implications for understanding the formation of their economy and politics. We argue that sites in the Western Ghats did not differ significantly from the temporal and cultural material typologies of contemporary Iron Age sites in the semi-arid or savannah conditions of Deccan plateau. Yet the adaption of Iron Age communities to Western Ghats climate which is characterized by high rainfall, lush tropical forests, fallow lands and diverse faunal ecology should have had distinct implications for the development of their economy and politics. 2019 Elsevier Ltd Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arjun R.; Korisettar R.; Deo S.; Mushrif-Tripathy V.; Naik S.; Jadhav S.; Mallinathpur Y. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archaeological Research in Asia, Vol-17, pp. 173-180. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2019.01.001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2019.01.001</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85060242228&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.ara.2019.01.001&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=47848f7af95c4c4da806fa79b9ddc68e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85060242228&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.ara.2019.01.001&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=47848f7af95c4c4da806fa79b9ddc68e</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23522267 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Arjun R., School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bannerghatta Road Campus, Hulimavu, Bangalore, 560076, India; Korisettar R., UGC Emeritus Fellow, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580003, India; Deo S., Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune, 411006, India; Mushrif-Tripathy V., Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune, 411006, India; Naik S., Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune, 411006, India; Jadhav S., Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune, 411006, India; Mallinathpur Y., National Museum, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Janpath, New Delhi, 110011, India