Science and Metal Technology of Harappans

Contents Preface List of contributors 1 Seventy years of Harappan archaeological researchJM Kenoyer and RH Meadow 2 Archaeo-metallurgy in IndiaAK Biswas 3 Metal technologies of HarappanJonathan M Kenoyer and Heather ML Miller 4 Evidence of surgery and trepanation at Burzahom or Harappan associated siteAnek R Sankhyan and George J Weber 5 Tin in Harappan BronzeDilip K Chakrabarti 6 Copper Bronze alloy of HarappanNayan Jot Lahiri 7 Archaeo-metallurgical tradition of the HarappanDP Agrawal and Rajan Seshadri 8 Copper archaeo-metallurgey in literatureDK Chakrabarti 9 Harappan trade in metals and mineralsShashi Asthana 10 Peaceful Harappans absence of warfare in the Indus CivilizationEdward Cork 11 Harappan continuity of high tin copper in South AsiaSarada Srinivasan 12 Harappan hydraulic engineeringRS Bisht 13 Glazed materials from Mehrgarh and NausharoBlanche Barthelemy De Saizieu and Anne Bouquillon 14 Wheeled vehicles of the Harappan civilizationJonathan Mark Kenoyer 15 Copper lead alloy in Shahi Tump South Indo-Iranian Border Land 4000-3000 BCM Sharma 16 Course of lost Saraswati RiverDP Sharma and AK Choudhary 17 New Harappan excavations in lost Saraswati RegionDP Sharma 18 Bronze Age Civilizations of Asia during 3300-1900 BCDP Sharma 19 Harappans weights and measuresMVN Krishna Rao 20 Meluhha the land of copper traderMK Dhavalikar 21 Copper metallurgy of Harappans civilizations at DholaviraDavid Bourgarit Nizamuddin Taher Benoit Mille and Jean-Pierre Mohen PlatesThis volume Science and Metal Technology of Harappans consist of twenty-one papers contributed by eminent scholars engaged in the systematic excavations and scientific study research and analysis in the field of Harappan archaeology and allied sciences Harappan culture is a Bronze Age urban civilization Though not the oldest it is the first known civilization in the Indian sub continent It covers an area of two million square km to date around 2700 Harappan and its related sites have been reported in North-West South Asia These papers with notes references and bibliographies are well illustrated and cover a wide range in the field of archaeological research archaeo-metallurgy surgery and trepanation copper bronze and metal technologies trade in metals and minerals hydraulic engineering and other allied topics 194 pp.…