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Biological adaptations and affinities of Bronze Age Harappans
harappa excavations, 1986-1990: a multidisciplinary approach to third millenium urbanism • (3) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 137-182
By: Hemphill, Brian E., Lukacs, John R., Kennedy, Kenneth A. R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, metric data for human skeletal remains from Harappan phase Cemetery R37 at Harappa are used comparatively to examine biological continuity in the Indus Valley and to look for potential effects of a changing diet on dental health and morphology. The data indicate a biological discontinuity during the Early Indus, when the people at the site of Mehrgarh are most similar to people from the Iranian Plateau and the Near East. The authors also compare cranial and dental data from other sites in Pakistan and Afghanistan pertaining to the Indus Neolithic through Vedic traditions with traditions to the west and east, and with some modern populations. Most materials pertaining to the Early Indus tradition are from Chalcolithic Mehrgarh or MR2.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Anthropometry
- Racial identification
- Diet
- Sociocultural trends
- Tillage
- 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- 1986-1988
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 9000-2100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Asia and Near East
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brian E. Hemphill, John R. Lukacs, K.A.R. Kennedy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-182)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91039504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan
- Harappa Site (Pakistan)