Book
Ancient cities of the Indus Valley civilization
Oxford University Press ; American Institute of Pakistan Studies • Karachi • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: Kenoyer, Jonathan M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an extensive overview of the Indus sequence, from the Regionalization Era to the Localization Era, concentrating on the cities where most excavations have occurred; only portions pertaining to the Mature Indus are relevant to this collection. The discussion includes reasons for the decline of larger cities, how the economy may have functioned, how cities were may have been ruled, clues to religious beliefs in the artwork, evidence for social classes, and daily life amidst life cycle rituals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Cities
- Production and supply
- Visual arts
- Ritual
- Classes
- Daily routine
- 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
- 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
- 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
- "Dedicated to the memory of George F. Dales, Jr. (1927-1992) and Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. (1924-1994)"--T.p.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98930419
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indus civilization
- Cities and towns, Ancient--Pakistan
- Cities and towns, Ancient--India
- Pakistan--Antiquities
- India--Antiquities