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Fine ware traditions at Mehrgarh
mehrgarh: field reports 1974-1985 from neolithic times to the indus civilization • Karachi, Pakistan • Published In 1995 • Pages: 662-671
By: Wright, Rita P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author used a portable stereo-microscope to examine Togau and Faiz Mohammad wares from Periods II-VII at Mehrgarh revealing, among other things, the presence of craft specialists at one of the earliest known ceramic production areas in the Middle East.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Visual arts
- Innovation
- 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
- 7500-5500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mehrgarh, Balochistan, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Rita P. Wright
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 667)
- 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