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Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.

Randy Law documenting

Randy Law, a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin - Madison assisted with the excavation and documentation of Trench 54 South. Here he is using a digital camera to take close up images of manufacturing debris. >

Workshop excavation units

Section view of the the floor levels of the Trench 54 South workshop showing major excavation units. >

A small baked brick structure with sump pots

In the upper levels of , a small baked brick structure with sump pots was found. This structure, possibly a latrine, is on the northern margin of a major east-west street that ran along the southern edge of the "granary" area. It dates to late in Pe… >

Detail view of the fill inside the "granary" buttress

Detail view of the fill inside the "granary" buttress. Large pottery sherds, bone, and baked brick fragments lie on the bottom with finer silts on the top >

Richard Meadow photographing

Richard Meadow photographing the exposed wall and interior domestic features (Trench 41NE). >

Black steatite wig, Harappa

Black steatite wig from late Period 3C deposits in Trench 43 (H98-3521/8668-02). This small stone hairpiece, here displayed on a modern clay mannequin, may have been set on an alabaster head like similar pieces found in western Pakistan, Afghanistan… >

Female figurine

Female figurine (H2000-4997/9811-02) from Trench 43. >

A large concentration of straw impressions

A large concentration of straw impressions was found in one part of the floor next to the platform, but there is no evidence of chaff from processing grain as was suggested by earlier excavators (Trench 43). >

Ravi phase carnelian bead blanks

Chipped carnelian bead blanks indicate that the initial stages of bead manufacture were taking place in this part of the Ravi phase settlement. >

Kot Diji phase terracotta bangles

Kot Diji phase terracotta bangles include many styles and incised and painted decorations. Grey bangles were produced in kilns with a reducing atmosphere and red bangles were fired in an oxidizing atmosphere >

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