Mound E

In the South, perimeter wall [250] was preserved to a lesser altitude than in the North. In the very south of the area excavated in 1996, the lower portions of the walls of a mud-brick room were found attached to the inside of the perimeter wall nex… >

The excavations of the lower slope area of Trench 54 South revealed a robbed brick wall void filled with rubble (foreground) and a room filled with manufacturing debris from faience and steatite working. >

Excavations during the 1997-2001 seasons were carried out inside perimeter wall [250]. Here a partial plan of those excavations shows superimposed levels of Period 3C buildings, all mostly robbed of their baked brick walls. [Mud-bricks are hatched, … >

Section drawing of stratigraphic layers in the upper part of the Trench 54 South faience and steatite workshop. >

Towards the east, in what was probably a low area, a series of radiating mud-brick retaining walls were built to contain rubble that was used as a foundation for later structures, only fragments of which are preserved. In the rubble were found a gre… >

View of excavations on the west side of Trench 54 where brick robbers had removed several massive Harappan Period baked brick walls (c. 2600-1900 BC, Harappa Period 3). At the bottom of the brick robber trench are remains of the Harappan walls and a… >

Unexcavated Area of Mound E. [Topographical and excavation maps of the Harappa site.] >

A large number of seals and inscribed objects were discovered in excavations on the eastern edge of Mound E from 1993 to 1997. This view of excavations in Trench 10W shows two rooms of houses along the edge of a north-south street. A square steatite… >

Section plan of Harappan and Early Harappan (Period 2) walls on the west side of Trench 54. >

Using interpretations presented in Meadow and others (1995), a reconstruction of the bastion/gateway area was completed in EarthVision. The computer reconstructions were based on an artistic rendering completed by HARP archaeologists. These reconstr… >