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The bone tool industry at Mehrgarh and Sibri
mehrgarh: field reports 1974-1985 from neolithic times to the indus civilization • Karachi, Pakistan • Published In 1995 • Pages: 583-613
By: Russell, Nerissa.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author analyzed most of the bone from Mehrgarh and Sibri, finding changes in the use of bone tools through time. Some of the evident changes may be due to standardization of the tools, replacement by other tools, or just the effects of a skewed sample.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- General tools
- Weapons
- Sociocultural trends
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- 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
- 1983, 1985
- 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 and Sibri, Balochistan, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Nerissa Russell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 592)
- 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