essay
Mehrgarh: its place in the development of ancient cultures in Pakistan
forgotten cities on the indus • Mainz, Germany • Published In 1991 • Pages: 34-50
By: Jarrige, Jean-François.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author presents evidence for an unbroken cultural sequence in the Greater Indus Valley from the Neolithic into the Mature Indus, and for links between communities in Baluchistan and those in southeastern Iran and Afghanistan. These contacts become stronger around 5000 BP, with indications Balochistan was more advanced technically in many crafts and was a dynamic player in the development of the Indus civilization. Field dates given for Mehrgarh are 1974-1987; 1986-1987 for Nausharo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Sociocultural trends
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural participation
- Innovation
- Ceramic technology
- Occupational specialization
- 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
- 1974-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12000-4500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Afghanistan, southeastern Iran, and Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jean-Francois Jarrige
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 50a)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indus civilization
- Mehrgarh Site (Pakistan)