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Fish resources in an early urban context at Harappa
harappa excavations, 1986-1990: a multidisciplinary approach to third millenium urbanism • (3) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 107-120
By: Belcher, William R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author describes processes involved in interpreting how fish bones are incorporated into the archaeological record, and generates models for what portions of fish skeletons might be expected to be present in different contexts, from waterside, to market, to the home. Excavation at Harappa regularly included screening with fine mesh and flotation, allowing recovery of small fish bones and the identification of 856 specimens. Coverage ranges from the Early Indus into the Vedic traditions; only data pertaining to the Mature Indus are relevant to this collection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Fauna
- Diet
- External trade
- Internal trade
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- 1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5300-3500 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
- William R. Belcher
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91039504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Pakistan
- Harappa Site (Pakistan)