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Chanhudaro Workshops: Craft Specialization and Production (c. 2500–1900 BCE)

Chanhudaro Workshops: Craft Specialization and Production (c. 2500–1900 BCE)

  1. Mature Harappan craft industries flourish at Chanhu-daro

    Labels: Chanhu-daro, Lapidary industry

  2. Workshop chaînes opératoires for stone ornaments take shape

    Labels: Chanhu-daro, Lapidary workshop

  3. Heat treatment and finishing of carnelian beads

    Labels: Carnelian beads, Lapidary tradition

  4. Etched carnelian bead technique produced and circulated

    Labels: Etched carnelian, Chanhu-daro

  5. Stone-drilling toolkits underpin bead mass production

    Labels: Drilling toolkit, Chanhu-daro

  6. Spatially clustered bead-making activity areas form

    Labels: Activity areas, Chanhu-daro

  7. Shell-working industries supply bangles and implements

    Labels: Shell-working, Chanhu-daro

  8. Metallworking skills documented through specialized tools

    Labels: Metalworking, Snarling iron

  9. Craft output participates in long-distance exchange networks

    Labels: Long-distance exchange, Indus trade

  10. Indus urban craft system enters its late phase

    Labels: Urban craft, Chanhu-daro

  11. End of Mature Harappan horizon and craft reorganization

    Labels: Craft reorganization, End Harappan

  12. Site identified by N. G. Majumdar

    Labels: N G, Chanhu-daro

  14. Dorothy Mackay publishes illustrated summary of finds

    Labels: Dorothy Mackay, Publication 1937

  15. Sher and Vidale document craft indicators in surface survey

    Labels: Sher &, Surface survey

  16. French-led research resumes at Chanhu-daro

    Labels: French Archaeological, Chanhu-daro