Harappa

The Indus Script and Economics. A Role for Indus Seals and Tablets in Rationing and Administration of Labor

An insightful article that focusses on the clues in a seal and set of sixteen tablets found together at Harappa in 1997 to proffer that they may have been economic tokens.

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A new approach to tracking connections between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia: initial results of strontium isotope analyses from Harappa and Ur

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

An important paper that shows how strontium isotope analysis can help reveal the interactions between and migrations of people in ancient times. The authors write: "Human tooth enamel from Harappa and Ur was analyzed for strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotopes.

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Eye Beads from the Indus Tradition: Technology, Style and Chronology

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

An exploration of the prevalence and manufacture of a distinctive ornament which persists both in South Asian culture today, and throughout the larger West Asian and Middle Eastern world as well.

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Stone Beads of the Indus Tradition: New Perspectives on Harappan Bead Typology, Technology and Documentation

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

The beauty of this paper is that it sets out very clearly the procedure needed to document bead types, the careful measurement and classification steps to start understanding a specific bead tradition.

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Pottery Firing Structures (Kilns) of the Indus Civilization During the Third Millennium B.C.

Heather M.L. Miller

This paper illustrates the different types of technology that was used for firing pottery and terracotta objects in the greater Indus region in the third milliennium B.C.E. Using excavation data from the Kachi Plain (Mehrgarh, Lal Shah and Naushoro), Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, Miller develops a classification for the range of firing structures and technologies.

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Associations and Ideologies in the Locations of Urban Craft Production at Harappa, Pakistan (Indus Civilization)

Heather M.L. Miller

In this article, Heather Miller explains how looking at craft production location with respect to civic organization provides insights into possible associations between crafts, as well as general Indus attitudes toward the placement of manufacturing within city centers.

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Bead Technologies at Harappa, 3300-1900 BCE: A Comparative Summary

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

The analysis of beads from different periods and areas of Harappa have made it possible to define specific trade networks and the organization of production as well as changing patterns of interaction over the history of a site.

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Iconography of the Indus Unicorn: Origins and Legacy

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

A detailed look at the unicorn icon on Indus objects, incorporating the latest findings, even incomplete ones like the unicorn figurines shown from Ganweriwala.

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Regional Diversity in the Harappan World: The Evidence of the Seals

Comparison of hatch necked Unicorn Seals from Lothal and Kalibangin

Marta Ameri

During the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, the Harappan Civilization covered an area of over one million square kilometers in South Asia, from the Afghan highlands to western India.

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Infection, Disease, and Biosocial Processes at the End of the Indus Civilization

Infection Disease and Biological Processes at the End of the Indus Civilization

Gwen Robbins Schug

A paper assessing evidence for paleopathology to infer the biological consequences of climate change and socio-economic disruption in the post-urban period at Harappa, one of the largest urban centers in the Indus Civilization.

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