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Near Hawkes Bay, Karachi

Between 1993-1994 I lived and worked in a small Baluch fishing village near Hawkes Bay, Abdur Rehman Goth, just west of Karachi, Pakistan (goth is the Baluchi word for village). My main research goals were to conduct an ethnoarchaeological study of

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Environments – Satellite Image from Google

The aquatic environments around Harappa are riverine and composed of marshlands, oxbow lakes, and the River Ravi itself.

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Harappa in the 1820s

Above: Animal on Burial Jar from Harappa "A long march preceded our arrival at Haripah, through jangal of the closest description.

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Limestone Pillar Members, Dholavira

The limestone pillar members, found at Dholavira reminiscence of the Harappan culture. A circular cut base of the pillar is shown below. Pillar members have been found in various trenches around Dholavira.

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Mound AB, Ravi phase

View of Harappa Mound AB Trench 39N from the North showing the earliest Ravi [Aspect of the Hakra] phase occupation levels (Period IA, ca. 3300 BC). These levels revealed traces of post molds from houses that were oriented N-S/E-W.

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Ox- or water buffalo-drawn cart with driver from Harappa

Terracotta figurines have long been considered toys, often without question.

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Rohri Hills

The Rohri Hills as they appear along the western fringe of the plateau, facing the fertile Indus Valley, where most of thhe Harappan flint quarries and workshops have been discovered. (The shadow is from the helicopter.)

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Map of Harappa archaeological site

The excavation map is defined by the Harappa Archaeological Research Project, and shows the extent of occupation phases during different chronological phases.