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Tradition summary: Early Indus
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2016 • Pages:
By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Early Indus tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Early Indus archaeological tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- 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
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7500-4600 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pakistan and northwest India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
- This tradition summary is from the article, "Early Indus," by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory Vol. 8, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indus civilization