essay
Report on the human remains excavated at Mohenjo-Daro in 1928-29
Further excavations at Mohenjo-daro, by E. J. H. Mackey • Delhi • Published In 1938 • Pages: 613-638
By: Guha, B. S. (Biraja Sankar), Basu, P. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors describe two sets of skeletal remains from Mohenjo-daro. They give detailed measurements of the skulls, comparing them to others previously found at the site, and to examples from Mesopotamia and Egypt.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Anthropometry
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Comparative evidence
- Racial identification
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mature 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928-1929
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4600-3900 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mohenjo-daro, Sindh, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By B. S. Guha and P. C. Basu
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 39016236
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mohenjo-Daro Site (Pakistan)
- Indus River Valley--Antiquities