CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lapis Lazuli, Mortimer Wheeler, Indus River
18 Jan 2018
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Indus river & now dried up eastern river. Some british antiquarians observed indus ruins and assumed they were constructed by more recent societies. Sir john marshall: 1902: director-general of the archaeological survey of india, 1920-22 initiated excavations at harappa and mohenjo-daro. Sirt mortimer wheeler: 1944: became the second director-general, continued excavations at harappa and mohenjo-daro, particularly interested in training indian archaeologists in stratgraphic excavation, reinterpreted indus remains in comparison to other great civilizations. Earliest settlement in south asia with well-documented sequence of domestication. Occupied for 3000 years leading up to the indus civilization. Aspects of material culture because widespread later on. Domesticated local barley, local cattle and goats. Imported other domesticates from near east: early figurines, humans, animals, focus on high quality ceramic production, potter"s corner, two-chambered kiln new technology, early seals, metal tools, lapis lazuli. Early food producing: 6300 to 4000 bce. Measured roughly 25 hectares by 2600 bce. Measured 150 hectares at its peak home to 60,000 people.
