ANTH 009 Lecture Notes - Lapis Lazuli, Indus River, Kalibangan
18 Feb 2014
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Key sites: harappa, mohenjo-daro, kalibangan, dho lavira. Neolithic period: ~7000-3300 b. c: mehrarh, farming village: wheat, barley, zebu cattle, cotton, etc. i. Relied on the diffusion of crops from the fertile crescent as well as the local invention of crops: trading for copper, turquoise, shell, lapis lazuli, etc, collection of houses; not really a city i. Social status: seems to be indicated by a difference in the size of the houses. Settlement of the indus & saraswati (gaggar-hakra) river floodplains: flood season: june-sept, planting season: oct-march. Settlement and growth of cities: harappa, mohenjo-daro. Harappa: peak population ~23,500, 173 acres of land, mohenjo-daro, peak population ~ 40,000, 296 acres, great bath. Bitumen for waterproofing i. ii. iii: stupa i. ii. iii. Bathroom with flushable toilets: major streets (30ft wide) i. ii. Even smaller alleyways: stamp seals (2,000 +) i. Text and animal figures (zebu, elephant, rhino, etc. : many of the symbols are symmetrical, standards weights and measures i.
