Department of History & Archaeology
Publications


Prof. N. Venuh

Books:
  • Naga Society: Continuity and Change edited by N.Venuh (MAKAIAS, Kolkata.Published by Shirpa Publications New Delhi-92. First published in India during 2004.
  • British Colonization and Restructuring Naga Polity, Published by Mittal Publications, New Delhi – 2005.
  • People, Heritage and Oral History of the Nagas, Published by Papyrus, Guwahati - 2014.
Proceedings:
  • Megalithic Culture of Chakhesang, Proceeding of North East India History Association, Sixteenth Session,1995.
  • Village Administration of the Chakhesang Naga Tribe during Pre-colonial period, Proceeding of NEIHA, seventh session, Aizwal, 1996.
  • Emergence of Naga Nationhood, Published by Centre for Democracy and Tribal studies.
  • Land and People of Nagaland, Published in the Souvenir of the National Seminar on Geology and Energy Resources of North-East India: Progress and Perspectives & AGM of the Geology Society of India. Seminar organized by the Deptt. of Geology, Nagaland University, Kohima.

Prof. Y. Ben Lotha

Books:
  • 2015: The Lotha Nagas: Through the Ages. Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House.
Book Chapters & Journals:
  • Naga Women and Property Inheritance, Proceedings of NEIHA.
  • Aspects of Traditional beliefs and Practices of the Lotha Nagas, Proceedings of NEIHA.
  • Migration and Settlement of the Nagas in Naga Hills, in Historical & Sociological Aspects of Migration of NE (PD Lokendra and Benny James Eds.).
  • 2013: Traditional Beliefs and Practices of the Lotha Nagas, in Traditional Beliefs and Practices of the Tribals of NEI (Lalrinnungh Hmar Ed.).

Prof. Tiatoshi Jamir

Books:
  • 2008 (with Veena Mushrif, Ditamulu Vasa, S. R. Walimbe): Human Skeletal Remains from Jotsoma, Nagaland: Osteobiographic Studies. Centre for Archaeological Studies & Training, Eastern India, Kolkata.
  • 2013 (with Zavise Rume Eds.): Impact of Communitisation of Schools Through Women Participation on Girls’ Elementary Education in Nagaland. Directorate of School Education, Govt. of Nagaland.
  • 2014 (with Manjil Hazarika Eds.): 50 Years After Daojali-Hading: Emerging perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India (Essays in Honour of T. C. Sharma). New Delhi: Research India Press.
  • 2014 (with Ditamulu Vasa, David Tetso): Archaeology of Naga Ancestral Sites: Recent Archaeological Investigations at Chungliyimti and Adjoining sites (Vol-1). Department of Art & Culture, Govt. of Nagaland. Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House.
  • 2014 (with David Tetso, Zokho Venuh, Veena Mushrif-Tripathy, Anil K. Pokharia): Archaeology of Naga Ancestral Sites: Recent Archaeological Investigations in Phek and Kiphire Districts of Nagaland (Vol-2). Department of Art & Culture, Govt. of Nagaland. Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House.
  • 2015 (with Imotemsu Ao): Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsü: A Biography. New Delhi: Jnanada Prakashan (P&D).
  • 2020 (with David Tetso): Archaeology of the Mimi Caves, Kiphire District, Nagaland (Vol-1). Department of Art & Culture, Govt. of Nagaland. Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House
Conference Proceedings:
  • 2000 (with Ditamulu Vasa): A Report on the Burial Ground at Jotsoma Village, in Proceedings of North East India Association (NEIHA) 20th Session, pp. 181-185. Assam: Dibrugarh University.
  • 2001 (with Ditamulu Vasa): Further Excavation at Jotsoma, Nagaland, in Proceedings of North East India History Association (NEIHA) 21st Session, pp. 40-54. Imphal: Manipur University.
Book Chapters:
  • 2004: Megaliths of Nagaland: Reflections of Material Milieu and Social Values, in Society and Economy in Northeast India (Vol-1) (M. Momin and C. Mawlong Eds.), pp. 105-117. New Delhi: Regency Publication.
  • 2006: A Burial Site at Jotsoma and the Mortuary Customs of the Angami Nagas: An Ethnoarchaeological Approach, in Past and Present: Ethnoarchaeology in India (G. Sengupta, S. Roychoudhury, S. Som Eds.), pp. 449-463, New Delhi: Pragati Publications.
  • 2008 (with Ditamulu Vasa): Archaeology of Local Cultures: New Findings and Interpretations in Nagaland, in Naga Identities: Changing Local Cultures in the North East of India (Michael Oppitz et al Eds.), pp. 323-338. Ethnographic Museum of Zürich University: Snoeck Publishers.
  • 2011: Integrating Traditional Knowledge, Archaeology and Heritage Management in Nagaland, in The Northeast Umbrella: Cultural-Historical Interaction and Isolation of Tribes in the Region (Prehistory to the 21st Century) (Marco Mitri & Desmond Kharamawphlang Eds.), pp. 37-56, Mawlai, Shillong: DBCIC Publications.
  • 2013: Piecing together from fragments: Re-evaluating the ‘neolithic’ situation in Northeast India, in Neolithic-Chalcolithic Cultures of Eastern India (K.N. Dikshit Ed.),pp.44-66. New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society.
  • 2014: Ancestral Sites, Local Communities and Archaeology in Nagaland: A Community Archaeology Approach at Chungliyimti, in 50 Years After Daojali-Hading: Emerging perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India (Essays in Honour of T. C. Sharma) (Tiatoshi Jamir & Manjil Hazarika Eds.), pp. 473-487. New Delhi: Research India Press.
  • 2014 (with Manjil Hazarika): Introduction, in 50 Years After Daojali-Hading: Emerging perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India (Essays in Honour of T. C. Sharma) (Tiatoshi Jamir & Manjil Hazarika Eds.), pp. 1-20. New Delhi: Research India Press.
  • 2015: Death, Memory and Society: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Angami Mortuary Practices, in Megalithic Traditions in India: Archaeology and Ethnography (K.K. Basa, R.K. Mohanty & S.B. Ota Eds.),pp.609-640. New Delhi: Aryan International.
  • 2017 (with David Tetso, Zokho Venuh): Recent archaeological investigation around the Naga Metamorphics and Ophiolite Belt of the Indo-Myanmar Border, in Prehistoric Research in the Subcontinent: A Reappraisal and New Directions (K. Paddayya & Bishnupriya Basak Eds.),pp.259-280, Primus Books, New Delhi.
  • 2018 (with Ditamulu Vasa): Archaeological evidence of beads from Naga ancestral sites: implication for regional exchange networks, in Trade and Values of Carnelian Ornaments in South Asia: Study on Change in ‘Tradition’ and Social System (Manabu Koiso and Hitoshi Endo Eds.), pp. 3-12. Kobe Yamate University, Japan.
  • 2019 The Neolithic Scenario of Northeast India: Some Thoughts to an Old Problem, in Bridging the Past (Essays in Honour of Professor Atul Kumar Sinha) (Renu Shukla & Anup Mishra Eds.), pp. 462-477. Anamika Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., New Delhi.
  • 2019 (with Ditamulü Vasa): Observations on some unique Rock Art features of Nagaland, in Rock Art of Northeast India: Methodological & Technical Issues.pp-37-44. IGNCA, New Delhi. .
  • 2019: Monumentality, social memories and the idea of landscape in Naga megalithic tradition, in Megalithic Traditions of Northeast India (Q. Marak Ed.). Concept Publishing, New Delhi.
  • 2021 (with David Tetso): Recent Archaeological Exploration around the Naga Hills Ophiolite in the Indo-Myanmar Border and the Dzükou Valley, in Historical Development in Northeast India: Trends and Perspectives (Lanukumla Ao Ed.), pp. 38-59. New Delhi: Research India Press.
  • 2021. Songmo and her Tree Love, in The Owl Delivered the Good News All Night Long: Folktales, Legends & Modern Lore of India (L.M. Bajpai Ed.), pp. 287-289. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company
  • 2021: The Spear Cry Out: Narrative of a Naga Archaeologist, in The Owl Delivered the Good News All Night Long: Folktales, Legends & Modern Lore of India (L.M. Bajpai Ed.), pp. 291- 292.New Delhi: Aleph Book Company.
  • 2022. Archaeology of Northeast India, in Oxford Research Enclyclopedias, Asian History (David Ludden Ed.) Pp. 1-32. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.646.
  • 2022 (with Johannes Muller): Northeast Indian Megaliths: Monuments and Social Structures, in Megaliths of the World (Luc Laporte, Jean-Marc Large, Laurent Nespoulous, Chris Scarre, Tara Steimer-Herbet Eds.), pp. 447-474. UK: Archaeopress.
  • 2023. Indigenous Archaeology, in The Routledge Companion to Northeast India (Jelle J.P.Wouters, T.B.Subba Eds.), pp. 256-261. Routledge.
Referred Journals:
  • 2008: Archaeological Excavation at Chungliyimti: A Preliminary Report, Nagaland University Research Journal 5: 242-261.
  • 2009 (with Anungla Aier): Re-interpreting the Myth of Longterok, Indian Folklife (33):5-9.
  • 2010 (with Anungla Aier): Folklore and the Archaeologist’s Spade, The Northeast Window VI (9): 24-26.
  • 2011 (with Veena Mushrif-Tripathy): Study of Two Skeletons from Leshemi: A Megalithic Site from Nagaland, Man and Environment XXXVI (1): 71-78.
  • 2013 (with Anil K. Pokharia, David Tetso, Zokho Venuh): Late First millennium BC to Second Millennium A.D. Agriculture in Nagaland: A Reconstruction based on Archaeobotanical Evidence, Current Science 104 (10), 25 May: 1341-1353.
  • 2014: Rethinking the chronology of Chungliyimti, an early Naga ancestral site: views from recent AMS dates, Nagaland University Research Journal 7: 264-273.
  • 2016 (with Thakuria, Tilok, Milan Kumar Chauley): Stone Jar Burials in North Cachar District, Assam, Man and Environment XLI(1): 32-40.
  • 2016: A consideration of Vikuosa Nienu and his contribution to the Archaeology of Northeast India, Indian Journal of Archaeology 1(4): 44-65.
  • 2016: Decolonizing archaeological practice in Northeast India: Towards a community-based archaeology at Chungliyimti, Nagaland, in Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology (Carole McGranahan & Uzma Z. Rizvi Eds.) (www.savageminds.org).
  • 2018: Lest we Forget: An Estimate of Vikuosa Nienu’s contribution to the archaeology of Northeast India, Ancient Asia 9(4): 1-13.
  • 2018 (with Tiatemjen Tzudir, Mepusangba): The archaeology and ethnography of Naga metal workers: a case of iron working tradition of Wui village, Nagaland, Puratattva 48: 155-172.
  • 2019 (with Tiatemjen Tzudir, Sukanya Sharma,): Analysis of iron ore, iron slag, and soils of termite nest from Wui village, Nagaland, India, Current Science 116(2): 311-319.
  • 2019 (with Maria Wunderlich & Johannes Müller): Hierarchy and Balance: The Role of Monumentality in European and Indian Landscapes – An Archaeological and Anthropological Perspective, Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, Special Edition, 5: 13-26 (doi 10. 12766/jna.2019S.6).
  • 2020 (with Sean Taylor, S. Neogi, David Tetso): Soil micromorphological Analysis of Sediments from Cave and Rockshelter sites, Kiphire District, Nagaland, Man and Environment, XLV(2): 7-14.
  • 2021 (with Maria Wunderlich, Johannes Müller, Knut Rassmann, Ditamulü Vasa): Societies in Balance: Monumentality and feasting activities among
  • 2022 (with Y. Ankit, P. K. Mishra, B. Mehta, A. Anoop, S. Misra). Hydroclimatic variability in Northeast India during the last two millennia: Sedimentological and geochemical record from Shilloi Lake, Nagaland, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 602, 111151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111151
  • 2022 (with M. Mitri, Mepusangba, H. Syiemlieh, L. Darnei, T. Thakuria, L. Kharpuri). Recent research on the stone jars of Northeast India: Evidence from East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, Archaeological Research in Asia 31, 100393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2022.100393.
  • 2022 (with S.S.Singh, T. Thakuria). Preliminary Investigation on the Stone Jar site at Dubungling, Dima-Hasao District, Assam, Puratattva 52: 52-65.
  • 2023 (with Anthony Denaire, Christian Jeunesse, Marco Mitri). Une société mégalithique au pied de l’Himalaya (A Megalithic Society at the Foot of the Himalayas), L’Archéologue 166: 89-97 (June-Aug, 2023).

Dr. Aokumla Walling

Journals & Book Chapters:
  • 2008: Stories at Hand: Dynamics of Oral Tradition in Archaeological sites, Nagaland University Research Journal, ISSN 0973-0346,pp. 269-278.
  • 2011:Rethinking relations between Nagas and Ahoms from oral and literary sources: References from two Ao Naga villages, Mokokchung district, 32th Proceedings of North East India History Association (NEIHA), 2011, pp- 112-114.
  • 2013:Local Museums in Nagaland, E- Journal of Heritage and US, 2013, ISSN 2319-1201, pp. 56-63.
  • 2014:The past in Oral tradition and Text: A case of Reconstructing Naga- Ahom Historical Relations from corroborating Sources in 50 years after Daojali- Hading emerging perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India (Tiatoshi Jamir and ManjilHazarika Eds.), ISBN 978-81-89131-90-6, pp. 236-242.
  • 2014:Preservation of Heritage through Local Museums in Nagaland, Nagaland University Research Journal, Vol. 7, ISSN 0973-0346, pp. 242-250.
  • 2014:Foundation of Archaeology in Northeast India: From the earliest till Independence, Nagaland University Research Journal, Vol. 8, ISSN 0973-0346, pp. 127-137.
  • 2016:Role of local Museums and its status in Nagaland, Journal of the Asiatic Society, Vol. LVIII Number 4, pp. 33-38, ISSN 0368-3308.
  • 2016:Archaeological Investigations at Longmatenem and Noksenkeni, Nagaland University Research Journal, Vol. 9, 2016, ISSN 0973-0346, pp. 73-85.
  • 2017:Early Ao Naga Settlements and Village Formations: Lenses from Oral tradition and Archaeology, Soanri College Academic and Research Journal, Vol. 6, ISSN 2321-15X.

Ms. Thungchanbeni Kithan

Magazines/Government Reports:
  • 2004: Maladies in Higher Education, Post-Graduate Students Union Magazine, Kohima Campus.
  • 2007: The significance of the Revolt of 1857, in commemoration of 150th anniversary of the First War of Independence, published by the Government of Nagaland, Department of Information and Public Relations.
  • 2009: Thematic Report on Rural-Urban Migration in the State, GOI-UNDP Project.
  • 2011 (Co-Author): Nagaland: Rural–Urban Migration, published by Department of Planning and Coordination, Government of Nagaland.

Dr. R. Chumbeno Ngullie

Books:
  • 2011 (with V. Hibo & N. S. Khaikho (Eds.). Tapestry. Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House. ISBN:978-93-80500-13-3.
  • 2012 (with V. Hibo) (Eds.).Taboos, Myths and Legends. Dimapur: Nagaland Institute of Development Studies. ISBN: 978-81-925168-0-6.
  • 2021. (with L.Walling, A. Aonok& P. Sorhie (Eds.).As we know them, The Shishaks, Kohima: Woods Publishers for Patkai„92-97‟ initiative. ISBN 978-81-949772-9-2.
Book Chapters & Journals:
  • 2006: Pottery Tradition of the Lotha tribe of Nagaland: an ethnographic study, in Past and Present: Ethnoarchaeology in India (G.Sengupta, S.Roychudhury and S.Som Eds.), pp. 303-316, New Delhi: Pragati Publications.
  • 2011: Education for cultural development of the Nagas, in Tapestry (Visakhonu Hibo, R.Chumbeno Ngullie & NS Khaikho Eds.), pp. 98-106, Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House.
  • 2012: Challenges of Naga youth in the 21st Century, in Unfolding the Tribal mindset with focus on India’s Northeastern States (P.K.B. Nayar & A. Radhakrishnan Nair), pp.92-97. Sriperumbudur: School of Life Skills Education & Social Harmony.
  • 2012: The Myth of Apvuho among the Lotha (Kyong) Nagas, in Taboos, Myths and Legends (Visakhonu Hibo and R.Chumbeno Ngullie Eds.), pp. 134-146 Dimapur: Nagaland Institute of Developmental studies.
  • 2014: Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology in Northeast India, in 50 Years After Daojali-Hading: Emerging Perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India (Essays in Honour of T.C.Sharma) (Tiatoshi Jamir and Manjil Hazarika Eds.), pp. 199-205. New Delhi: Research India Press.
  • 2014: A preliminary investigation at Tiyi Longchum, Wokha Nagaland, Nagaland University Research Journal Vol.7. December 2014. Pp.251-263
  • 2017: Oral Tradition in Northeast India with special reference to the Nagas in Crafting History (Ruby Maloni & Anagha Kamble Eds.) pp. 207-215. Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing House. ISBN: 978-93-5273-485-6.
  • 2018: Co-authored, Socio-Political Institutions of the Nagas in the Eighteenth Century in The Falling Polities, Crisis and Decline of States in Northeast India in the Eighteenth Century (Tejamala Gurung Ed.), pp.167-181. Guwahati: DVS Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-85839-12-2.
  • 2020: Co-authored, Pottery assemblage from PhotangkhunLongkhap (PTL) and Tsie Khen (TSK) and ethnographic study at Mimi village in Archaeology of the Mimi caves, Kiphire District, Nagaland, Vol.1. (Jamir, T and David Tetso Eds.), pp.164-213.Department of Art and Culture, Government of Nagaland.Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House.
  • 2021: A Tale of two Brothers in The Owl delivered good news all night long; Folktales, Legends and modern lore of India (Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai Ed.), pp290-291. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company ISBN 978-93-90652-74-7.
  • 2023:The Disposal Method of the Dead in Tuensang Village, Nagaland inJournal of History, Art and Archaeology, 3: 1, pp. 27-31.https://doi.org/10.47509/JHAA.2023.v03i01.04
  • 2023. Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nagas in journal of South Asian History, Culture and Archaeology, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2023, pp. 137-142.URL: http://www.esijournals.com/sahca

Dr. Chubala Sanglir

Journals:
  • Potentialities and Constraints of Naga Trade during the Pre-Colonial Days. Dec 2013/NURJ(A Multi Disciplinary Approach)/Vol.6/pp.233-244.
  • Nature of Slavery among the Nagas: A Critical Appreciation in the Context of the North Eastern Communities. ISSN: 0973-0346---Dec,2014 Vol.7/pp.274-283.
  • Pre-Colonial Naga Economic Practices: The Mode of Production. NURJ, Dec, 2015 Vol.8
  • The Traditional Socio-Economic Practices: A Study on Cultural Identity Formation NURJ December, 2016/NURJ/Vol.9/pp.86-99.
Book Chapters:
  • Socio-Economic Implications of Early Naga Trade: Intra-Inter Tribal and External Relations in 50 Years after Daojali-Hading: Emerging Perspectives in the Archaeology of North-East India. 2014 pp. 410-421-Eds. Tiatoshi Jamir & ManjilHazarika. New Delhi: Research India Press.

Dr. Ditamulü Vasa

Books:
  • 2008 (with Anungla Aier). Pottery Traditions among the Chakhesang and the Pochury Nagas. Published by North East Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
  • 2008 (with Musrif-Tripathy, V. et al.). Human Skeletal Remains from Jotsoma, Nagaland: Osteobiographic Studies. Published by Centre for Archaeological Studies & Training, Eastern India. Kolkata.
  • 2014 (with Tiatoshi Jamir, David Tetso). Archaeology of Naga Ancestral Sites: Recent Archaeological Investigations at Chungliyimti and Adjoining sites (Vol-1). Department of Art & Culture, Govt. of Nagaland. Dimapur: Heritage Publishing House.
Journals & Book Chapters:
  • 2000 (with T. Jamir). A Report on the Burial Ground at Jotsoma Village, in Proceedings of North East India Association (NEIHA) 20th Session, pp. 181-185. Assam: Dibrugarh University.
  • 2001 (with T. Jamir). Further Excavation at Jotsoma, Nagaland, in Proceedings of North East India History Association (NEIHA) 21st Session, pp. 40-54. Imphal: Manipur University.
  • 2008 (with T. Jamir). Archaeology of Local Cultures: New Findings and Interpretations in Nagaland, in Naga Identities: Changing Local Cultures in the North East of India (Michael Oppitz et al. Eds.), pp. 323-338. Ethnographic Museum of Zürich University: Snoeck Publishers.
  • 2018 (with T. Jamir). Archaeological evidence of beads from Naga ancestral sites: Implications for regional exchange networks in Trade and Values of Carnelian Ornaments in South Asia- Study on Change in Tradition and Social System (Koiso, M & H. Endo eds), pp. 3-12. Kobe Yamate University, 6-5-2, Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-004, Japan.
  • 2009: A Reflection on the Pottery Tradition of Nagaland in Seminar on the Spirit of North East India. Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi.
  • 2009: Enduring Pottery Tradition of Nagaland. The Potter’s Newsletter. Kaagaz International. New Delhi. Pp 6-7.
  • 2014: Experimenting with the non-material Aspect of Pottery of Nagaland: Some theoretical and historical considerations. In 50 years after Daojali Hading: Emerging Perspectives in the Archaeology of Northeast India, essays in honour of T.C. Sharma. Dr. Tiatoshi Jamir and Manjil Hazarika (Ed) New Delhi, Research India Press pp 206-217.
  • 2016: Indigenous Pottery: A cultural Heritage of Nagaland in Proceedings of a National Seminar on Heritage of Nagaland organized by the Department of Anthropology Kohima Science College (Autonomous) Jotsoma, in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) (National Museum of Mankind), An Autonomous organization of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Bhopal (in press).
  • 2018: Indigenous Pottery making Techniques of Nagaland in Nagaland University Research Journal (A Multi-disciplinary Journal), 10, 91-98. Nagaland University, Headquarters: Lumami.
  • 2019: Wood Engravings as Cultural Memories of the Chakhesang Nagas in Queenbala Marak (Ed),Megalithic Traditions of Northeast India (pp. 224-235). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company Ltd.
  • (in press) Indigenous house types of Nagaland in Proceedings of a National Seminar on Eastern Himalayan Domestic Architecture in India’s Northeast organized by Global Open University, Nagaland. Dimapur.
  • (in press) Pottery Manufacturing Technique of Wui village, Tuensang district Nagaland. In Pratnamani felicitation volume of Prof. Vasant Shinde. Dr. Prabodh Shirvalkar and Esha Prasad (Ed). New Delhi B.R. Publishing House.