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Excavations at Harappa 1994-1995: new perspectives on the Indus script, craft activities, and city organization
Published for the Ancient India and Iran Trust ; Science Publishers, Inc. ; Oxford & IBH Pub. Co. • 1 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 139-172
By: Meadow, Richard H., Kenoyer, Mark Jonathan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors describe finds from excavations on Mounds ET, E and AB, particularly finds that shed light on the stages of urban growth and stagnation at Harappa. Radiocarbon dates range from the Early Harappan/Harappan Transitional (Period 2) to the Harappan/Late Harappan Transitional (Period 4); only data pertaining to the Mature Indus are relevant to this collection. The many inscribed materials include seals, tablets (some made from the same mold were found in different parts of the site), and ceramic pots. Comparisons are made to similar scenes on tablets from Mohenjo-Daro and the Near East.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Settlement patterns
- Property in movables
- Writing
- Cultural participation
- Commercial facilities
- Urban and rural life
- 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
- 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
- 1994-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4800-3800 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
- Richard H. Meadow and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Harappa