NAME :	Dr. Anil K. Pokharia
DESIGNATION :	Scientist-F
EMAIL :	anilk_pokharia@bsip.res.in
PHONE/EXT :	0522-2742931/

Research Interest

Palaeoethnobotany (Archaeobotany): Human-Plant Relationships in Pre- and Protohistoric times.

Reconstruction of agricultural model.

Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironment in and around the archaeological settlements.

Antiquity of Rice.

Culture-climate interaction.

Ancient maritime contacts.

Awards and Honors

Visiting Fellow, RIHN, Kyoto, Japan ( June- September, 2010) - 2010
Member, Executive Committee, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies - 2015
Member, Executive Committee, The Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow - 2017
Nominated-Member, Board of Studies for Department of Science in Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi - 2019
Nominated-Member, Internal Research Advisory Committee, National Research and Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC), Lucknow, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture. - 2019
Paper of the Month Award-March 2019 - 2019

Memberships of Professional Societies

Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies ( Life Member)
The Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow

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Contact Details

* Contact Number	0522-2742931
* Email ID	anilk_pokharia@bsip.res.in

Publications

Selected Publications

Pokharia Anil K, Sharma S, Rawat YS, Srivastava A, BhushanDighe, Pande P. 2021. Rice, beans and pulses at Vadnagar: an early historical site with a Buddhist Monastery in Gujarat, western India. Geobios, 64:77-99.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2020.12.002(IF: 1.529).
Basumatary SK, RajibGogoi, Swati Tripathi, Ruby Ghosh, Anil K. Pokharia, H. Gregory McDonald, Norbu Sherpa, Eline N. van Asperen et al. 2021. Red Panda feces from Eastern Himalaya as a modern analogue for palaeodietary and palaeoecological analyses. Scientific Reports, 11:18312. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97850-y(IF: 4.379)
Tripathi D, Kotlia BS, Tiwari M, Pokharia Anil K, Agrawal S, Kumar P, Long T, Morthekai P, Thakur B, Pal JN, Mahar KS and Chauhan D K. 2020. New evidence of mid- to late- Holocene vegetation and climate change from a Neolithic settlement in western fringe of Central Ganga Plain: Implications for Neolithic to Historic phases. The Holocene. DOI: 10.1177/095968620972770. (IF: 2.769).
Pokharia Anil K., Mani, B.R., Michael Spate, Betts, A., Srivastava, A. 2018. Early Neolithic agriculture (2700-2000 BC) and Kushan period developments (AD 100-300): Macrobotanical evidence from Kanispur in Kashmir, India. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 27 (3): 477-791.(IF: 2.375)
Sharma S, Sanjay Kumar Manjul, Arvin Manjul, Puran Chand Pande, Anil K Pokharia. 2020. Dating adoption and intensification of food-crops: insights from 4MSR (Binjor), an Indus (Harappan) site in northwestern India. Radiocarbon. DOI:10.1017/RDC.2020.37.(IF: 1.975).
Pokharia, Anil K., Agnihotri, R., Sharma, S., Bajpai, S., Nath, J., Kumaran, R. N., Negi, B. C. 2017.Altered cropping pattern and cultural continuation with declined prosperity and extreme arid event at ~4.2ka BP: Evidence from an Indus archaeological site Khirsara, Gujarat, western India. PLoS ONE. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185684 (IF: 3.240).
Pokharia, Anil K., Kharakwal, J.S., Srivastava, Alka. 2014. Archaeobotanical evidence of millets in the Indian subcontinent with some observations on their role in the Indus civilization. Journal of Archaeological Sciences, 42: 442-455. (IF: 3.256)
Pokharia Anil K, Kharakwal JS, Rawat YS, Osada T, Nautiyal, CM and Srivastava A. 2011. Archaeobotany and archaeology at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat: evidence for adaptation in response to climatic variability. Current Science, 100 (12): 1833-1846. (IF: 1.102)
Pokharia Anil K, Sekar B, Pal JN, and Srivastava A. 2009. Possible evidence of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic voyages based on conventional LSC and AMS 14C dating of associated charcoal and a carbonized seed of custard-apple (Annonasquamosa L.). Radiocarbon, 51 (3):923-930. (IF: 1.975)
Pokharia Anil K. 2008. Record of macrobotanical remains from the Aravalli Hill, Ojiyana, Rajasthan: Evidence for agriculture-based subsistence economy. Current Science, 94 (5): 612-623. (IF: 1.102)

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