essay

Shell trade and shell working during the Neolithic and early Chalcolithic at Mehrgarh, Pakistan

mehrgarh: field reports 1974-1985 from neolithic times to the indus civilization • Karachi, Pakistan • Published In 1995 • Pages: 566-581

By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M..

Abstract
The author analyzed shell artifacts from Mehrgarh, where the Period III manufacture of marine shell would have been an element in Mehrgarh’s involvement in interaction networks extending from the Indus plain to the highland plateaus of Iran and Afghanistan.
Subjects
Bone, horn, and shell technology
Jewelry manufacture
Ornament
External trade
Comparative evidence
tradition
Early Indus
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2014
Field Date
Not applicable
Coverage Date
10000-4600 BP
Coverage Place
Mehrgarh, Balochistan, Pakistan
Notes
by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 575)
LCCN
96930790
LCSH
Neolithic period--Pakistan--Balochistan
Copper age--Pakistan--Balochistan
Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan--Balochistan
Mehrgarh Site (Pakistan)
Balochistan (Pakistan)--Antiquities