The Archaeology of Indus Crafts: Indus Craftspeople and why We Study Them

3rd millennium BC 4th millennium BC activity areas ancient archaeological context archaeological record archaeometric Balakot bead makers blades bronze carnelian beads centres ceramic Chanhu-daro chert chipping cities clay complex copper copper/bronze craft activities craft indicators craft production craftspersons Dales & Kenoyer Daro debitage deposits disk beads drills dumps evidence example excavated faience firing flakes Gujarat Harappa Harappan Phase identified important India Indus craft Indus craftspeople Indus tradition interpretation J.M. Kenoyer Jarrige Kenoyer Khambhat kilns labour lapislazuli layers lithic Lothal manufacturing sequence Mehrgarh metal Mohenjo-Daro Moneer Mound mud brick Nageswar Nausharo Neolithic nodules objects organization ornaments Pakistan patterns Period possible pottery pottery firing Pracchia probably protohistoric raw materials reconstruction recycled Regionalization Rohri semiprecious stones settlement Shahr-i Sokhta shell Sindh social South Asia specialized steatite stoneware bangles suggest surface talc techniques terracotta Tosi trade Turbinella pyrum types urban vessels Vidale wheel workshop