Book
Excavations at Harappā: being an account of archaeological excavations at Harappā carried out between the years 1920-21 and 1933-34
Manager of publications • Delhi • Published In 1940 • Pages:
By: Vats, Madho Sarup.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is an excavation report from fieldwork on many areas of the site of Harappa. It contains reports on analyses of metals and of beads; it also includes short reports on excavations at Chak Purbane Syal and Kotla Nihang Khan in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, respectively. The following strata are relevant to the Mature Indus tradition: all strata on Mound F; strata II-VI on Mound AB; all strata in Areas G and J. [Analyst note: Added date ranges reflect radiocarbon dates that have since become available; these will not match the text. Also, the text contains numerous spelling and formatting errors.]
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Archaeological inventories
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Writing
- Property in movables
- Ornament
- Ceramic technology
- 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
- Book
- 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; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1920-1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4900-3700 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Harappa, Punjab, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Madho Sarup Vats, M. A., deputy director-general of archaeology in India …
- I. Text.--II. 139 plates
- Includes bibliographical references (vol. I, p. xix-xx)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 41003578
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Harappa Site (Pakistan)