Ongar Revisited
The flint (chert) sites in Ongar, SIndh go back to the Paleolithic period, up to 2 million years ago.
Articles on natural resources and raw materials in the ancient Indus civilization
Carnelian and Agate Beads in the Oman Peninsula during the Third to Second millennia BC
A detailed look at carnelian and agate sources and manufacture throughout the Gulf region, and how many of the beads found show clear evidence of ancient Indus manufacturing techniques.
Moving Mountains: The Trade and Transport of Rocks and Minerals with the Greater Indus Valley Region
Harappa’s rock and mineral assemblage from the perspective of the greater Indus Valley’s complex geology, the distance one would have to travel to acquire certain materials and a discussion of the differing motivations behind the acquisition and transport of rock and minerals in the greater Indus Valley region.
An Archaeological Survey in the Neighborhood of Thari in the Thar Desert (Sindh, Pakistan)
The discovery of many Mesolithic (roughly 10,000 BCE and afterwards, many thousands of years before the height of the Indus Civilization) sites in the Thar Desert in the 1990s.
The Prehistoric Flint Mines at Jhimpir in Lower Sindh
New finds from 2010 at one of the earliest flint mines in South Asia.
Commodities and Things: The Kulli in Context
A closer look at the mysterious Kulli culture of Balochistan that both pre-dated and was contemporaneous with ancient Indus culture, and apparently was part of an elaborate trading network that stretched west as far as the Jiroft culture in Iran.