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Lithic Blade Implements and their Role in the Harappan Chalcolithic Cultural Development in Gujarat

Lithic (stone) tools were the machine tools of the Bronze Age. This very well-written article shows how "the study of stylistic difference and technological continuities and discontinuities observed in lithic assemblages at ancient sites can provide important new information regarding the spread and development of Harappan Civilization as well as about other regional Chalcolithic cultures."

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Meluhha and Agastya: Alpha and Omega of the Indus Script

Iravatham Mahadevan

In a tour-de-force of interpretation, Iravatham Mahadevan attempts to interpret two of the most common ancient Indus signs using parallels from old Tamil.

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Segmentation of Indus Texts

Nisha Yadav

A statistical analysis by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Team.

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The Lady of the Spiked Throne

Massimo Vidale

The Power of a Lost Ritual. An exceptional and controversial recent find in a private collection is analyzed by a leading Italian archaeologist in this fully illustrated complete online volume with many potential implications for understanding ancient Indus culture.

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Inscribed Objects from Harappa Excavations 1986-2007

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

The assemblage of inscribed and incised objects discovered at the site of Harappa during excavations conducted between 1986–2007 by the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP).

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Excavation at Harappa: 1988

George F. Dales

Findings from the third season of research by the University of California, Berkeley, project at Harappa, conducted from January 1 to mid-April 1988.

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The Ravi Phase: A New Cultural Manifestation at Harappa

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Study of the excavated material combined with radiocarbon dates has made it possible to present a detailed chronology for the Harappa site and a more precise breakdown of the types of artifacts and architectural traditions associated with each major occupational period.

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Harappa in 3D: A Powerful New Tool Rebuilds the Past in the Indus Valley

Wayne R. Belcher

The buried, ruined debris of a once-roud civilization rises for the first time in nearly four millennia -- this time on a computer screen.

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The Middle Holocene mangrove shellfish gatherers of Las Bela (Balochistan, Pakistan)

Paolo Biagi

Results from a 2011 survey of Lake Siranda in Balochistan to locate prehistoric shell middens and study the Neolithic people who lived there in greater detail between the 8th and 6th milleniums BCE.

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Pedology and Late Quaternary Environments Surrounding Harappa: A Review and Synthesis

Ronald Amundson

A review and explanation of the regional climate, geology, and environment which historically influenced the life and culture of the Harappan peoples. "A review and synthesis of pertinent pedological, geological, and paleoenvironmental studies in the vicinity of Harappa (District Sahiwal, Punjab,

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