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Hearths from ancient Indus civilization and earlier sites.

Detail of Harappa domestic structures

Detail of domestic structures with hearths and large jars set into the floor (Trench 41 NE). >

Large jar set into the floor of one of the small rooms, Harappa

Detail of domestic structures with hearths and large jars set into the floor (Trench 41 NE). >

The upturned rim of a jar

Also in a room encroaching onto the street were the upturned rim of a jar (on left) and two bases (center and right) that were used as hearths (Trench 41NE). The pottery base hearths could have been lifted and moved to different parts of the room th… >

William Belcher removing charcoal

William Belcher has just removed charcoal for archaeobotanical analysis and radiocarbon dating from one of the hearths (image 35) and is making out a label for the sample. >

A broken terracotta bird cage

A broken terracotta bird cage (near the scale at right) was discovered next to the remains of a broken storage jar that had been reused as a hearth (near the scale at left) (Trench 43). >

Kot Diji phase street

Numerous pots and hearths were discovered in mud-brick buildings along the western edge of the N-S oriented Kot Diji phase street. >

Tr. II: hearth in level 5 (Niai Buthi)

Tr. II: Hearth in level 5 (Niai Buthi). >

Plenum, Hearth

Tr. B1, plenum 5: hearth (Bakkar Buthi). >

Circular Hearth with Platform

Circular Hearth with Platform in western portion of Trench A (f) Described by Sahni as a paved circular structure. This can be seen in the foreground of Plate X (a), Vats 1940, Vol. II that shows a ‘General View of Trench Af from North-West’ L… >

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