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The Indus Civilization

A Contemporary Perspective
By Gregory L. Possehl · 2002

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ISBN: 9780759101722, 0759101728 Page count: 276 Originally published: 2002

Published: 2002 Format: Paperback Subject: History / Ancient / General, more

Publisher: AltaMira Press Language: English

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Gregory L. Possehl
Anthropologist

The Indus Civilization of India and Pakistan was contemporary with, and equally complex as the better-known
cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. The dean of North American Indus scholars, Gregory Possehl, GREGORY L. POSSEHL is a professor of Anthropology at the
attempts here to marshal the state of knowledge about this fascinating culture in a readable synthesis. He University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Asian
traces the rise and fall of this civilization, examines the economic, architectural, artistic, religious, and Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
intellectual components of this culture, describes its most famous sites, and shows the relationships between Archaeology and Anthropology. He has been engaged in
the Indus Civilization and the other cultures of its time. As a sourcebook for scholars, a textbook for archaeological research in Indian and Pakistan since 1964,
archaeology students, and an informative volume for the lay reader, The Indus Civilization will be an exciting from Iron Age megaliths to Mesolithic encampments,
and informative read. including directing excavations at Rojdi in Gujarat and
Source: Publisher Gilund in southern Rajasthan. Possehl has written and
edited a number of important books on the Indus
Civilization and related topics.
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