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Urban process in the Indus tradition: a preliminary model from Harappa
harappa excavations, 1986-1990: a multidisciplinary approach to third millenium urbanism • (3) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 29-60
By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author discusses excavation finds at Harappa that provide clues to settlement use. Large mud-brick revetment walls, built at the end of Period 1, indicate early city planning. Such construction would have required a degree of sociopolitical organization capable of producing the materials and directing the labor involved. Architecturally, there is evidence for continuity of use in some areas of the site from period to period. Five periods of occupation are reflected in the deposits; only Period 1 and 2 deposits, and the lowest levels of the Vats and Wheeler excavations, pertain to the Early Indus.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Public structures
- Architecture
- Cities
- Social relationships and groups
- Sociocultural trends
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Indus
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986-1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5338-3500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Harappa, Punjab, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91039504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan
- Harappa Site (Pakistan)