Detail of Harappa domestic structures
Detail of domestic structures with hearths and large jars set into the floor (Trench 41 NE).
Hearths from ancient Indus civilization and earlier sites.
Large jar set into the floor of one of the small rooms, Harappa
Detail of domestic structures with hearths and large jars set into the floor (Trench 41 NE).
The upturned rim of a jar
Also in a room encroaching onto the street were the upturned rim of a jar (on left) and two bases (center and right) that were used as hearths (Trench 41NE). The pottery base hearths could have been lifted and moved to different parts of the room
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.
Tr. II: hearth in level 5 (Niai Buthi)
Tr. II: Hearth in level 5 (Niai Buthi).
Kot Diji phase street
Numerous pots and hearths were discovered in mud-brick buildings along the western edge of the N-S oriented Kot Diji phase street.
A broken terracotta bird cage
A broken terracotta bird cage (near the scale at right) was discovered next to the remains of a broken storage jar that had been reused as a hearth (near the scale at left) (Trench 43).
Plenum, Hearth
Tr. B1, plenum 5: hearth (Bakkar Buthi).