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Further evidence of the Early Harappan culture in the greater Indus Valley: 1971-90
South Asian studies • 6 (1) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 175-199
By: Mughal, Mohammad Rafique.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author provides an overview of the Early Harappan phase throughout the Indus Valley, discussing the independent origin and continuity of the archaeological traditions beginning with the Neolithic, the traits that lead to the urbanization of the Indus Civilization starting around 3500 BC, and external areas that continue an Early Harappan/Kot Dijian way of life beyond 2400 BC.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Sociocultural trends
- Historical reconstruction
- Cultural participation
- Location
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1988-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8500-2500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- India and Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. Rafique Mughal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 86021920
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indus civilization