book chapter
Mehrgarh: field reports 1974-1985 from Neolithic times to the Indus civilization
Golden Graphics Limited • Karachi, Pakistan • Published In 1995 • Pages:
By: Jarrige, Catherine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This compilation of field reports for eleven seasons at Mehrgarh begins with an introduction in the original French, followed by an English translation, which provides the closest thing to a synthesis of the cumulative finds and the evolving hypotheses of the investigators, including pottery styles, settlement pattern, links with other traditions in Iran and Turkmenistan, economy, craft activities, and burial practices. Excavations at nearby sites, including Lal Shah and Sibri, have their own sections in the field reports. Materials called "ceramic Neolithic" are relevant to the Early Indus tradition, even where dating prior to 5500 BC (7500 BP).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Culture summary
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Settlement patterns
- Ceramic technology
- Production and supply
- 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
- book chapter
- 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; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1985-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 10000-3600 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mehrgarh, Lal Shah, and Sibri, Balochistan, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edited by Catherine Jarringe … [et. al.]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-562)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96930790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Pakistan--Balochistan
- Copper age--Pakistan--Balochistan
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan--Balochistan
- Mehrgarh Site (Pakistan)
- Balochistan (Pakistan)--Antiquities