ANTH 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mortimer Wheeler, Indus River, Indus Script
20 Jul 2015
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Indus valley (2600 1900 bc) harrapan civiliation: part of broader cultural/social development: harrapan civilization, harrapa comes frome type site of harrapa, first of its kind in this area. Geographic setting: not centralized state or empire, urban centers organized into individual city states but share culture (like early. Dynastic period: urban organization, economic organization, writing system, sewage, all share of highly visible authority despite presence of complexity (complexity without hierarchy?, best known sites: 1925 1926 excavation season at mohenjo-daro and harappa under british colonialism (john marshall: some bricks of harappa used to build railroads, archaeologic survey of india during 1850s, discovery of ruins caused quite sensation in rest of world. John marshall initiated it during 1902, appointed as director by viceroy of india: challenged european notion of rise of complexity (thought emerged from. Monastery is of the harappa period college of priests. Open air complex and at the center of it a rectangular pool.
