Harappa Mound AB From Crop Fields
Mound AB, whose origins actually go back five and a half thousands years to 3500 BCE, seen from the rich crop fields that surround many ancient Indus cities including Mohenjo-daro and Dholavira.
Harappa Mound AB Related Slides. Mound AB is apparently the oldest and was the first Mound at Harappa to be excavated.
Harappa, Mound AB
The northern end of Mound AB, shown here from the North, comprises more than 17 meters of occupational debris beginning on top of an old levee of the river Ravi and continuing up from the Ravi [Aspect of the Hakra] phase (Period 1 from before 3300 to
Mound AB, Ravi phase
View of Harappa Mound AB Trench 39N from the North showing the earliest Ravi [Aspect of the Hakra] phase occupation levels (Period IA, ca. 3300 BC). These levels revealed traces of post molds from houses that were oriented N-S/E-W.
Map of Harappa archaeological site
The excavation map is defined by the Harappa Archaeological Research Project, and shows the extent of occupation phases during different chronological phases.
The Central Area of Mound A/AB, Harappa
The central area of Mound A/AB was continuosly rebuilt in ancient times. Behind the curved wall is a well and below it what may have been a public bathing area.
Harappa Mound AB
Building remnants on Mound AB, Harappa in the morning.
Excavations near center of Mound AB, Harappa
Excavations near the center of Mound AB.
Mound AB Center Area
A closer view of a room or the side of a building on Mound AB, Harappa.
Trench 39 North Excavations
Excavations on Mound AB in 1998 began with the clearance of surface debris to expose the many habitation levels, beginning with natural soil in the lower foreground.
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.