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Excavators working at ancient Indus Valley civilization sites.

Carrying the complete ringstone

Laboratory assistants Mohammad Naim, Shokat Ali, Said Ahmed, and Mukthar Massih carry the cleaned and conserved ringstone to the Harappa Museum for display. >

Harappa Mound AB Under Excavation

"The excavation of the mounds F and A and B was commenced in the beginning, of January 1921, and continued up to the middle of February. The operations were carried on under my personal supervision . . ." wrote Sahni (p. 9), but it is unclear if tha… >

Highly trained excavators

Mohammad Shamoon (black turban) and Abdul Sattar (flowered turban) are highly trained excavators who have worked with the Harappa project since 1986. Here they are carefully uncovering manufacturing debris in Trench 54 South. >

Excavating a red stoneware bangle

Randall Law and Shamoon excavating a red stoneware bangle in Period 3C levels just below the surface in Trench 43. >

Mound E excavation

Workmen are cleaning the Trench 11 area in preparation for photography during the 1997 excavation season. Perimeter wall [250] is on the left. The curtain wall in the center was constructed to retain trash that was thrown over the perimeter wall int… >

Harappa Excavation team

J. Mark Kenoyer (top center, arm outstretched) and excavation team gather at the edge of Trench 39 South at the end of the excavation season. Over the past twelve years many of the local workmen from Harappa and surrounding villages have become extr… >

Mark Kenoyer photographing

J. Mark Kenoyer using the bamboo ladder to get an overview of the excavation area in Trench 54 South. Photography is done using digital, film, and video cameras. >

Discovering a broken unicorn seal.

While clearing a floor area in Trench 43, J. Mark Kenoyer discovers a broken unicorn seal. >

Trench 11 excavations

The Trench 11 area showing the perimeter wall (on the left), the curtain wall, and the Period 3C drain that cut deeply into the Period 3B deposits (see the labeled plan in 72). The sediments outside of the perimeter wall are hard packed ashy debris… >

Harappa Excavation Crew

The 1998 excavation crew of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project. Seated at the front left are Mohammad Afzal Khan, representative of the Department of Archaeology, Government of Pakistan, Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Dr. Richard H. Meadow… >

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