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Excavations at Ghazi Shah 1985-1987: an interim report
Pakistan archaeology • 28 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 131-158
By: Flam, Louis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author provides a brief overview of the excavations at Ghazi Shah during two and one half field seasons. Included are where and why excavations occurred, and what features and artifacts were found in the various areas or loci. Numerous photos/plates of the excavation loci are provided.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Jewelry manufacture
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Ceramic technology
- 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
- 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
- 1985-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5375-4160 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ghazi Shah, Sindh, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Louis Flam
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sa 65009303
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan--Sindh