J.M. Kenoyer

Dr. J.M. Kenoyer is one of the leading authorities on the ancient Indus Valley. A Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin Madison, he has been excavating with HARP at the ancient Indus city of Harappa for over thirteen years. He is currently co-director of the project. His most recent book is Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley (Oxford, 1998). He is also Curator of the Great Cities, Small Treasures: The Ancient World of the Indus Valley exhibit currently in the US.

Dr. Kenoyer was born and raised in India. He did his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D (1983) from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a student of the late George F. Dales with whom he co-authored Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan: The Pottery. He speaks several South Asian languages fluently and has excavated in Pakistan and India for almost twenty-five years. His particular interests include ancient technologies and crafts and he has worked with craftspeople in both Pakistan and India to replicate ancient pottery, jewelry and other objects.

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