Harappa Excavation Reports 1986-1990 in PDF

Harappa Excavation Reports 1986-1990
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Third Millenium Urbanism

We are delighted to make available in its entirety and in downloadable and searchable PDF format an important set of reports about Harappa, one of the principal sites of the ancient Indus Civilization. The excavations at Harappa in Punjab (Pakistan) conducted by joint USA and Pakistani teams since 1986 have provided much detailed new information on the development, nature, and significance of this large urban center.

The excavations at Harappa reported in this volume were directed by the late Professor George F. Dales, Jr. (University of California - Berkeley) between 1986 and 1990. Since Professor Dales' passing in 1992, excavations at Harappa have continued under the aegis of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project directed by Richard H. Meadow and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer assisted by Rita P. Wright in continuing collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Pakistan. Interim reports on archaeological research between 1992 and 2001 are expected to be provided on this website by early 2009.

The first series of Harappa reports provided here includes contributions by a number of major scholars in addition to the principals of the Harappa Project. These include (in order of their contributions to the volume): Gregory L. Possehl, Ronald Amundson, Elise Pendall, William R. Belcher, Heather M.-L. Miller, Seetha N. Reddy, Brian E. Hemphill, John R. Lukacs, and Kenneth A.R. Kennedy.

Important copyright notice: Each chapter of the volume is copyright by the individual author(s) of that chapter. Permission to reproduce any text or illustration must be obtained from the individual author(s) concerned. Enquiries may be sent directly to the the author(s) concerned or to the editor Richard H. Meadow ( meadow @ harappa.com).

Harappa Excavation Reports 1986-1990 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Third Millenium Urbanism
	Title Page, Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, Preface by Richard H. Meadow
1.	Project Directors Introduction by George F. Dales
2.	A Short History of Archaeology at Harappa by Gregory L. Possehl
3.	Pedology and Late Quarternary Environments by Ronald Amundson and Elise Pendall
4.	Urban Process in the Indus Tradition: A Preliminary Model from Harappa by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
5.	Some Specialized Ceramic Studies at Harappa by George F. Dales
6.	Patterns of Technology and the Organization of Production at Harappa by Rita P. Wright
7.	Faunal Remains and Urbanism at Harappa by Richard. H. Meadow
8.	Fish Resources in an Early Urban Context at Harappa by William R. Belcher
9.	Urban Palaeoethnobotany at Harappa by Heather Margaret-Louise Miller
10.	Complementary Approaches to Late Harappan Subsistence: An Example from Oriyo Timbo by Seetha N. Reddy
11.	Biological Adaptations and Affinities of Bronze Age Harappans by Brian E. Hemphill, John R. Lukacs, and K.A.R. Kennedy
12.	Personnel of the Harappa Project 1986-1990
13.	Summaries of Five Seasons of Research at Harappa (District Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan) 1986-1990 by George F. Dales, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, and the staff of the Harappa Project

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