essay
The early architectural traditions of greater Indus as seen from Mehrgarh, Baluchistan
urban form and meaning in south asia : the shaping of cities from prehistoric to precolonial times • 31 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 25-33
By: Jarrige, Jean-François.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Jarrige briefly compares the similarities and differences of some neolithic and epipaleolithic traits found at Merhgarh with that of the Near East, Himilayan piedmonts and Iranian Plateau. He than provides an overview of the findings at Mehrgarh, in particular, the architectural developments that continued on up to the Harappan civilization such as buttressed retaining walls built to protect the settlement from the alluviation processes of the Bolan river or mud-brick platforms.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Cereal agriculture
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Indus Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 9000 BP-6500 BP (7000 B.C. - 4500 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mehrgarh, Kachhi, Balochistan, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jean-François Jarrige
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98169528
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period