ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mortimer Wheeler, Lapis Lazuli, Iranian Plateau
27 Mar 2020
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The indus valley: pakistan and nw india, himalayas. Indus resources: humped cattle, buffalo, and pig, around 4500 bc, wheat, peas, barley, lentils, rice, minerals/metals, iranian plateau and afghanistan. Ancient dentistry: valley civilization in pakistan reveals dentistry being practiced as early as 7,000 bc, with practitioners using bow drills to cure tooth ailments, a sumerian text from ca. 3000 bc cites teeth worms as the source of dental decay: similar beliefs were detected in ancient china, india, japan, egypt, in the writings of homer (ca. 850 bc), and as late as 1300 ad in the writings of surgeon guy to chauliac: hesira, chief of dentists and physicians (egypt) is the first know dentist (ca. 2600 bc): the code of hammurabi (18th c. bc) refers twice to dental extraction (as punishment). Antecedents to harappa: 7000 bc baluchistan, 6000 bc large farming villages on indus plain, 4000 bc fortifications, and trade of: shell, lapis lazuli, turquoise.
