essay
L'architecture néolithic de Mehrgarh
Les cités oubliées de l'Indus : archéologie du Pakistan : Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, 16 novembre 1988-30 janvier 1989 • Paris • Published In 1988 • Pages: 46-51
By: Quivron, Gonzague.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Quivron writes, in French, about the neolithic structures from periods IA, IB, and IIA from the site of Mehrgarh. He describes the houses, granaries, terraces, and retaining walls found. Also provided are drawings of the reconstructed settlement as it is known for periods I and II and of a house from period IA.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Masonry
- Architecture
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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-7000 BP (7th millennium B.C. to the second half of the 6th millennium 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
- Gonzague Quivron
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90102302
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period