Harappan Shell Working in Gujarat with Special Reference to the Kachchh Region.
Publish place: The first international virtual conference on archeology of Iran and neighboring regions
Publish Year: 1399
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زبان: English
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 19 مهر 1399
Abstract:
The excavations of some important Harappan settlements in district Kachchh, Gujarat has provided new insights into the development of the Indus valley civilization in this region. A close similarity in their material culture, architecture, town planning is noted with the type sites of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. One commonly shared aspect among these settlements is the recovery of a wide range of shell objects such as bangles, beads, inlays, ladles, etc. along with sawn shell fragments representing shell debitage. These have strongly indicated that shell working was an important craft activity carried out mainly during the Mature urban phase which continued into the Post urban phase as well. Hence this paper attempts to get insights into the various aspects of this ancient craft activity in Kachchh, by taking into account the shell evidence recovered from the excavated sites of Surkotada Shikarpur, Khirsara, Dholavira. Kanmer and Kotada Bhadli
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Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee
Department of Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Deccan College PGRI, Pune, India