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Tradition summary: Mature Indus
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2016 • Pages:
By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M., Berry, Sarah H. (Archaeologist).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Mature Indus tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Mature Indus archaeological tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mature 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4600-3900 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pakistan and northwest India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Sarah Berry
- This tradition summary is based on the article “Mature Indus," by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 8, South and Southwest Asia, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds., New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2002. Sarah Berry added the section on Writing, expanded the sections on Topography, Settlement System, and Conflict, and made minor revisions to other sections in February, 2016. We thank Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indus civilization