essay

La nécropole néolithic de Mehrgarh

Les cités oubliées de l'Indus : archéologie du Pakistan : Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, 16 novembre 1988-30 janvier 1989ParisPublished In 1988 • Pages: 58-64

By: Sellier, Pascal.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Sellier writes, in French, about the neolithic cemetery at Mehrgarh. Primary burial and reburial are two of the types of burials found in this cemetery. He is able to reconstruct some demographic statistics for the neolithic based on the 71 skeletons found and provides death and birth rates.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Burial practices and funerals
Mourning
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
Neolithic periods IA and IB
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
Pascal Sellier
Includes bibliographical references (p. 64)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
90102302
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Neolithic period