Faience from the Indus Valley Civilization
A wide variety of faience ornaments including beads, bangles and jewelry have been retrieved from the major ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa and Chanhudaro, located in Pakistan.
Articles on the various crafts and manufacturing activities during ancient Indus times.
Interaction Systems, Specialized Crafts and Culture Change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia
The author focuses primarily on economic interaction networks and specialised crafts to show how they can provide a window on the other changes that may have been occurring.
Harappa 1989: Summary of the Fourth Season
In addition to the overall objective of obtaining new information on the cultural and structural development of Harappa, other specific questions investigated include the development of civic organization and control, occupational specialization, and social stratification.
Harappan Craft Specialization and the Question of Urban Segregation and Stratification
Defining specialized crafts in Indus cities and the methodologies needed for studying crafts in an archaeological context.
Shell Industries at Moenjodaro, Pakistan
By determining the ancient source areas for shells, we can gain a new perspective on the trade networks and the exploitations of marine resources by protohistoric coastal populations.
Bead Technologies at Harappa 3300-1900 BC: A Comparative Study
The author discusses how study of bead manufacture and the changing styles of beaded ornaments are important methods for investigating the social and economic development of Harappan society.
Chronology and Interrelations Between Harappa and Central Asia
Highlights of excavations of the Ravi and Kot Diji levels at Harappa which illustrate the emergence of complex crafts and trade, with a special emphasis on interaction with Central Asia. It also presents the excavations and experimental studies on the production of faience and steatite tablets.
