Inter-regional interaction and urbanism in the ancient Indus valley : a geological provenience study of Harappa's rock and mineral assemblage

Author(s)

• Law, Randall William
• 人間文化研究機構総合地球環境学研究所インダスプロジェクト ニンゲン ブンカ ケンキュウ キコウ ソウゴウ チキュウ カンキョウガク ケンキュウジョ インダス プロジェクト

Bibliographic Information

Inter-regional interaction and urbanism in the ancient Indus valley : a geological provenience study of Harappa's rock and mineral assemblage

Randall William Law

（地球研ライブラリー, no. 16 . RIHN-Manohar Indus Project series . Current studies on the Indus civilization ; v. 8）

Manohar, 2011

• : [set]
• pt. 1. Text
• pt. 2. Appendices and references

Note

Rev. ed. of: 11. Occasional paper : linguistics, archaeology and the human past, published by Indus Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 2011

ISBN for subseries: 9788173048593

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first part of the eighth volume of Current Studies on the Indus Civilisation is an examination of inter-regional interaction and urbanism in the Greater Indus region of Pakistan and north-western India during the period that encompassed the development, existence and decline of South Asias first urbanised society. The principal research objective is to identify the geologic sources from which the stone and metal artefacts excavated at Harappa -- a site that grew from a small village to become one of the largest Indus Civilisation cities, were most likely derived. Using techniques ranging from studies of basic macroscopic and mineralogical attributes to highly precise and accurate isotopic and elemental assays, grindingstone, chert, steatite, agate, vesuvianite-grossular, alabaster, limestone and various metal artefacts are directly compared to geologic samples of those materials collected from sources across South Asia. Geologic provenance determinations, periodised with reference to Harappa's detailed chronological sequence, are used to inform three lines of inquiry. The first two concern identifying the Harappans inter-regional relationships, defining their extent and tracking them through time. The third involves elucidating synchronic variations in those relationships at the local or site level.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Objective, Overview & Theory, Harappa & Lines of Inquiry
• Harappa in Context
• Strategies & Methods for Sourcing Stone & Metal Artifacts
• The Rock & Mineral Artifact Assemblage at Harappa
• Grindingstone Acquisition Networks
• Chert Acquisition Networks
• Steatite Acquisition Networks
• Agate Acquisition Networks
• Vesuvianite-Grossular Acquisition Networks
• Alabaster Acquisition Networks
• Limestone Acquisition Networks
• Lead, Silver & Copper Acquisition Networks
• Summary & Discussion
• Appendices
• References.

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Details

• NCID: BB09707792
• ISBN:
  • 9788173049309
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xi, 800 p.)
• Size: 29 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA81593128