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Sites And Excavators Flashcards

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Mehgarh site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Jean Francois Jarrige & Catherine Jarrige (FRENCH MISSION)
  2. Bolan pass, Pakisthan
  3. 1974-1986 , 1997- 2000
  4. Neolithic farming village of 7000BCE
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Kayatha site-person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. V.S. Wakankar (1965-66)
    Also M.K.Dhavlikar& Z.D. Ansari (1968)
  2. Choti Kali sindh= Tributary of Chambal, Madhya Pradesh.
    In Malwa region.
  3. Buffware
  4. Period I- Kayatha
    Period II- Ahar
    Period III- Malwa
    Period IV- Early History
    Period V- Sunga-Kushan-Gupta
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Kalambo falls-person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. J.Desmund. Clark
  2. Tanzania, s.Africa
  3. 1953-63
  4. Earliest wooden beam structures belonging to 4,76,000 yrs ago
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Mitathal site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Suraj Bhan
  2. Haryana
  3. 1968
  4. Indus valley civilisation
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Agiabir site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. BHU profs P.Singh & A.K. Singh
  2. Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
  3. 1998- 2001
  4. Nathan Pottery 🏺- a Pre-iron age Chalcolithic culture with WHITE PAINTED BRW
    - Later well levigated clay, fast wheel and well fired NBP ware. Deluxe ware
  5. Copper objects, 2 iron swords, Iron lamp stand
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Burzahom site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Helmut de Terra & T.T.Paterson in 1935 discovered this site (Yale- Cambridge)
    -excavated by T.N.Khazanchi
  2. Srinagar, kashmir
  3. 1960 to 1971 excav
  4. NEOLITHIC TO MEGALITHIC
    3000- 1000 BCE
    - Aceramic pit dwelling, postholes
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Yale Cambridge expedition people, year places

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  1. Helmut de Terra & T.T.Paterson in various parts of India
  2. 1935
  3. FOSSIL Anthropoids TEETH AND JAW from Siwalik. (Ram a, Brahma, Sivapithecus)
  4. Burzahom discover
  5. Discover Soanian culture, Siwalik, Pakistan. soan valley. Lower Paleo
  6. Heavy duty CHOPPER AND SCRAPER
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Adichanallur site-person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Alexander Rae , ASI Discovered by Dr.Jagor (1876) German
  2. Thoothukudi
  3. 1899- 1905- Rae
    - 2004-05 T.Sathyamurty
  4. IRON AGE - 4000yrs old
  5. 178 Urn burials, Brahmi, bronze, iron, gold🪙
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Rakhigarhi site-person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Amarendra Nath, ASI
  2. Haryana
    3.1997 -2000
  3. IVC largest site
  4. 6000BCE (Pre harappa) to Mature 2500 BCE
    - Planned, Drainage, Fire altars ∆&0 , Cylindrical seals.
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Paiyampalli site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Shrikaripura Ranganatha Rao ASI
  2. Thiruppathur TN
  3. 1964-68
  4. Neolithic Megalithic
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DHOLAVIRA SITE –person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. R.S. BISHT (1990-2005) ASI
    Discovered by J.P.Joshi 1967
  2. Kutch, Gujarat
  3. Locally called ‘Kotada timba’ cuz it’s a FORTIFIED CITY of 2600-1500 BCE
    IVC
    WATER MANAGEMENT Reservoir
    - COPPER AND PEARL FACTORY
  4. 7 stages early to mature
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MOHENJO-DARO site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Discover - R.D.Banerjee 1920
    Excavation - K.N.Dikshit 1924& John Marshall 1925, Earnest Mackay
  2. Sindh, Pakistan
  3. 2600-1700 BCE
    - Grid plan, covered drain
    - Granary and Great Bath
    4.UNESCO 1980
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Patne site -person, place, year, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. S.A. Sali
  2. Maharashtra
  3. 1972-73
  4. Upper Palaeolithic
  5. Ostrich eggshell bead , Chalcedony and Jasper.
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Hunasagi/ Hunsgi

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K.Paddayya
(1975-79)
Yadgir dist, Karnataka
Acheulian and Early paleolithic

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Kaushambi -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. a) Alexander Cunningham (1861)
    b) N.G.Majumdar (1936-37) ASI
    c) G.R. Sharma , Allahabad University (1949, 1951-56)
    d) Mortimer Wheeler (1948)
  2. Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh.
  3. Capital of Vatsa kingdom 10th century BCE

Right bank of YAMUNA
5. Palace, fort , monastery

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Hastinapur -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. B.B. Lal (1952), ASI
  2. Uttar Pradesh, Meerut dist
  3. Kaurava capital , Mahabarata 900BCE
  4. Chariot, OCP,
    pGW,
    NBPW,
    LATE NBPW,
    MEDIVAL
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Navdatoli site -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. H.D. Sankalia , S.B .Deo, Z.D.Ansari
  2. 1952,1957
  3. Narmada valley opp side
    Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh
  4. Chalcolithic village
  5. Chalcedony BLADES☄️🧊💎,
    Wattle and daub houses
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Birbanpur -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. B.B.Lal
  2. 1957
  3. West Bengal, river Damodar
  4. Mesolithic , microlithic
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Gilund -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. B.B.Lal
  2. 1959-60
  3. Rajasthan, Banas basin
  4. Part of ‘Ahar-Banas cult’
    3000- 1700 BCE
    CHALCOLITHIC, houses, painted BRW,
    .
    Others part of this culture= Ojiana, Marmi, Balathal

Uni of Pennsylvania n Deccan uni- 100seals in dump

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Kalibangan -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. B.B.Lal 1961 , A.Ghosh1951, B.K.Thapar 1961, S.P.Jain
  2. Rajasthan , Ghaggar river
  3. Indus valley civilization - early and mature 3000-1700BCE
  4. Earliest Ploughed Field
    Fire altar
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Brahmagiri -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Mortimer Wheeler (1947)
    Experimental excav- M.H.Krishnan (1942)
  2. Also B.B.Lal, A.H. Dani, V.D.Sharma and B.K.Tapar
  3. Neolithic
    Megalithic
    Andra-Satavahana
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Arikamedu- person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. discovered - J.Dubreuil (1937)
  2. Excavation - Mortimer Wheeler (1945)
    -Jean Marie Casal (1947-50)
    -Vimala Begley (1989-92)
  3. Pondicherry
  4. 200BC - 800AD INDO-ROMAN TRADE
  5. Arretine ware, pink Amphorae🏺, Roman Intaglio
    Dying Vats
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Chirand -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Bihar Archaeological Survey &
    Patna University
  2. 1962-63
  3. Sāran Dist, Bihar
  4. Neolithic
    (1800-1200 BCE)
  5. RW, BW, BRW, light and dark Grey ware.
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Rajghat -person, year,place, cultural periods, Antiques?

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  1. Experimental excav- Krishna Deva (1940)
    Full Excavation - A.K.Narain BHU
  2. (1957-69)
  3. Varanasi, U.P.
  4. Early Hist Period 1000BCE
    -6 Layers - sunga, kushan, Gupta, Gahadavala
    -NBPW, PGW
  5. Sealing that says “varanasya Disthana dikaranasya”

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