Water supply and history: Harappa and the Beas regional survey

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 315, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Wright, Rita P ^a   Bryson, Reid A ^b   Schuldenrein, Joseph ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Geoarchaeology Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate; Harappa; Indus; River flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949126196     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096423     Document Type: Article

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