A pottery workshop with flint tools on blades knapped with copper at Nausharo (Indus civilisation, ca. 2500 BC)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1098-1116

  Méry, Sophie ^a   Anderson, Patricia ^b   Inizan, Marie Louise ^c   Lechevallier, Monique ^d   Pelegrin, Jacques ^c  

^a Inrap)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Clay working; Copper pressure technique; Early Bronze Age; Glossed blades; Microwear analysis; Potter's wheel; Pressure blades; Scraping; Specialised productions; Trimming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; CLAY; COPPER; TOOL USE;

ASIA; BALUCHISTAN; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947705652     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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