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HARP (Harappa Archaeological Research Project) a group of scholars from a variety of fields dedicated to advancing the study of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.

Workshop area

Composite overview of the steatite and faience workshop area in Trench 54 South taken using the bamboo ladder. Two images were pieced together on the computer to make this composite. North is to the right. >

Glazed faience tablets

Fully and partially glazed faience tablets and other fired objects could be examined after the fire had cooled and the canister opened. The steatite molds were also included in the canister to see how they would be affected by this type of firing. >

Excavations at the corner of the "granary" area

Excavations in 1997 at the southeast corner of the "granary" area were undertaken to recover a full sequence of pottery, architectural features, and inscribed objects. Here workers have found a seal near the base of the excavations in Trench 41NE th… >

Excavation of one buttress

Excavation of one buttress [99] shows how the silt and garbage from the street spilled into the hollow area from the outside of the "granary", eventually blocking it entirely. >

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. >

Terracotta bangle fragments

  • Harappa Terracotta bangle fragments

Terracotta bangle fragments decorated with red trefoils outlined in white on a green ground from late Period 3C deposits in Trench 43. This image shows both sides of the two fragments (H98-3516/8667-01 & H98-3517/8679-01). >

Excavation in progress

Excavations of a large late Period 3C pit in Trench 43 resulted in the discovery of many broken figurines of humans and animals. >

The circular platform excavated by Wheeler

The circular platform excavated by Wheeler in 1946 (left) and the one excavated by HARP in 1998 (right). Both of these platforms were found inside small square rooms that originally had baked brick walls, subsequently removed by brick robbers (Trenc… >

Ravi phase beads

From different levels of the Ravi phase come these terracotta beads (center string) and hard stone beads made from carnelian, amazonite, and lapis lazuli. >

Kot Diji phase kilns

Excavations in 1996 revealed two Period 2 small kilns for making figurines and bangles, as well as preserved floors with Kot Diji style pottery, beads, and figurines >

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