Some Specialized Ceramic Studies at Harappa
A detailed study of ceramic artifacts which augments basic knowledge by delving into the technical aspects of the processes of production used to craft these objects.
Articles on pottery and ceramics (the creation of material culture) in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.
Stoneware Industry of the Indus Civilization: An Evolutionary Dead-end in the History of Ceramic Technology
An article examining the construction of ceramic stoneware in the Indus Valley Civilization with a focus on Mohenjo-daro.
Pottery Firing Structures (Kilns) of the Indus Civilization During the Third Millennium B.C.
This paper illustrates the different types of technology that was used for firing pottery and terracotta objects in the greater Indus region in the third milliennium B.C.E. Using excavation data from the Kachi Plain (Mehrgarh, Lal Shah and Naushoro), Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, Miller develops a classification for the range of firing structures and technologies.
Looking beneath the Veneer Thoughts about Environmental and Cultural Diversity in the Indus Civilization
"The recognition of variation and diversity [in the ancient Indus civilization] has encouraged a gradual, though not universally accepted, shift toward the interpretation that certain categories of Indus material acted as ‘a veneer… overlying diverse local and regional cultural expressions'," write the authors.
Ceramic Analysis and the Indus Civilization. A Review
"For archaeologists," write the authors, "pottery is one of the most significant sources of data, not only for the durability and abundance of ceramic artefacts in the archaeological record, but also for the vast range of information on ancient societies that can be inferred from its study."
Materializing Harappan identities: unity and diversity in the borderlands of the Indus Civilization
The authors take on the complex question of how Harappan or Indus culture made its presence felt in Gujarat from about the middle of the third millennium through the decline of Indus civilization six or seven hundred years later. How did Indus traditions as expressed in material culture and the manufacture of these objects relate to what we see in Indus cities like Mohenjo-daro and Harappa?
The Amri Chalcolithic Phase in Sindh (Pakistan): What We know and What We Should Know
Very little is known about the so-called "Amri Phase," as this author refers to an apparently pre-Indus civilization site in Sindh that dates to the 4th millennium BCE.