The pottery of Mohenjo-dara, one of the two major urban centers of the Indus Valley civilization (2500-2000 B.C.) is described and documented. The authors survey Harappan ceramic technology and style, and develop an important and unique approach to vessel form analysis and terminology. Included is Leslie Alcock's account of the pottery from the 1950 excavations by Sir Mortimer Wheeler.The three upper sections were wheel turned. Both the external and internal surfaces of the rim section were smoothed, but the interior of the neck and body sections retains the ridges produced in the turning process. The lower body and baseanbsp;...
Title | : | Excavations at Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan |
Author | : | George Dales, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Leslie Alcock |
Publisher | : | UPenn Museum of Archaeology - 1986-01-01 |
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