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Excavations at Balathal: their contribution to the Chalcolithic and Iron Age cultures of Mewar, Rajasthan
Man & environment • 20 (1) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 57-80
By: Misra, V. N., Shinde, Vasant, Mohanty, R. K., Dalal, Kurush, Mishra, Anup, Pandey, Lalit, Kharahwal, Jeevan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Misra et al. excavated at Balathal. The site has Chalcolithic and Iron Age components. During their two field seasons at the site they have uncovered multi-roomed dwellings, copper implements, and ceramics. There are also indications that the people of Balathal had close contact (of some sort) with the Harappans as seen in their house construction (stone and mud-brick dwellings similar to those found at Harappan sites in Gujarat), copper artifacts, and ceramics. Contact with the Harappans seems to have occurred around 2500 B.C. and Reserve-Slipped ware, which was found at Mohenjo-daro, may have originated at Balathal. Later excavations at this site (see eHRAF document #4) revealed the fortification is Chalcolithic (about 2500 B.C.-1800 B.C.) and not Iron Age as reported in this document. Therefore, the fortification has been marked for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prehistory
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Heating and lighting equipment
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Indian Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 2001
- 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
- 4500 BP-3800 BP (2500 B.C.-1800 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Balathal, Rajasthan, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- V. N. Misra, Vasant Shinde, R. K. Mohanty, Kurush Dalal, Anup Mishra, Lalit Pandey, and Jeevan Kharahwal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77912049
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic Period--India