A Stone Bead Production Complex from the Beginning of the Indus Civilization at Chanhu-Daro (Sindh, Pakistan) <div><p>Between 2016 and 2020, a massive stone bead workshop associated to dwelling units was discovered at Chanhu-daro site (Trench 2 and 3) and dated to the first period of the Indus Civilization (2600/2500-2300 BCE). A huge amount of different raw materials (e.g. flint, steatite, agate, carnelian, jasper, ernestite) was processed and debitage wastes of both knapping and cutting activities were identified. Tools for manufacturing, perforating or polishing the stone beads (e.g. blades, drills/borers, polishers, hammers, pressure flaker) -some of them unique and exceptionally preserved -were found together. Several beads roughouts, preforms, and finished products were also documented. For the first time (so-far) contextualized data about an intensive craft production from the first Indus period will be discussed. The evidence found at Chanhu-daro site will help reconstructing the whole stone beads manufacturing processes and investigating the related technical system.</p></div>

A little something about Pakistani-French excavations of
#Chanhudaro.

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#MAFBI Mission Archéologique Française du Bassin de l'Indus

#beads #cornaline #carnelian #cornalina #IndusValley #knapping

This article comes from a talk given at #12ICAANE back in 2021.

Two pictures side by side show scened in Fishmarkets. On the left a joyfull fisherman is selling his new capture in the port of Karachi. The picture on the right is showing a man with a wheelbarrow full of fish, transporting this heavy load to be delivered to a wholesale buyer.

Fishing in the Indus.
With the archaeological mission of Indus Bassin #MAFBI, we @Bioarch launched the #Kurhuru project @MNHN Paris and built the first ever modern osteological reference collection deposited @MNHN to identify ancient fish remains of #Chanhudaro, #IndusValleyCivilisation @DaSarCas.

A study of Animal bones and Preservation This documentary introduces the public to the activities of the archeozoology team, led by M. Mashkour, during the pakistani-french excavations at the Bronze Age - Indus Valley Civilization site of Chanhu-daro. Chanhu-daro is the only site in the Indus plain where extended excavations are taking place since 2015 and provides a unique view of urbanism and subsistance patterns for South Asian Bronze (ca 5000 BCE) age archaeology "Dr. Marjan Mashkour is an Archaeozoologist, specialist of the South West Asian mammalian and bird remains. During the past 29 years. She worked in Iran, Irak, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Oman. Now she attached with FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION IN THE INDUS BASIN (MAFBI). At Chanhu Daro, an archaeological site in Sindh-Pakistan". [D.A. Sheik]

Since 2016, in cooperation with @AntiquitieSindh #Chanhudaro #fieldwork includes trainning for students and professionals. 👀The program is #boosted by @FranceinPak & @CampusFrance thanks to the High Level Research Fellowships awarded through #MAFBI 2/2

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🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 The #MAFBI and @ArchZooBota welcome Asma Ayoob Khiljee student at @Aridianvoice and DVM from @SBBUVASPK for a fellowship on the study and curation of archeozoological remains. Research and #capacitybuilding with the support of @FranceinPak #Chanhudaro #Sindh 1/2

Zoomorphic terracotta figurines from Chanhu-daro : Mediums of the inventiveness of a culture dedicated to animals "The results presented below come from a Master 2 research thesis. It was carried out at the University Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne (2021-2022) [within the frame of the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin] . This thesis had multiple objectives : • Establishing a list of Chanhu-daro’s zoomorphic terracotta figurines in order to establish typologies specific to the site; • Detecting any link between zoomorphic figurines and their characteristics, on the one hand, and their distribution on the site and their context of discovery on the other; • Studying the traces present on the zoomorphic figurines as well as their decorations and morphology to understand the modalities of their manufacture. The corpus includes 401 figurines from the Indus Civilisation site of Chanhu-daro (Sindh, Pakistan). They were found during the excavations and surveys of: • MAFBI since 2015; • N. G. Majumdar, in 1931; • E. J. H. Mackay, from 1935 to 1936. They were dated in majority from the first Indus period (2600/2500-2300 BCE), but also from the second Indus period (2300-2100 BCE) and the third Indus period (2100-1900 BCE)."

For those like me who missed this year's 23rd @EASAA_ArchArt conference, here it is a little
something from #Chanhudaro
#MAFBI #IndusValley #Sindh
Zoomorphic #terracotta figurines from Chanhu-daro @SorbonneParis1

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Ce soir à Lausanne :

🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 #Chanhudaro #MAFBI #Sindh #indusvalleycivilization

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Last week the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin #MAFBI held it's last briefing meeting with DG of Antiquities Mansoor Kanastro @AntiquitieSindh . The outcomes and perspectives of the join fieldwork in #Chanhudaro we're presented 1/2

The Consul Général of 🇫🇷 Mr. Alexis Chahtahtinsky and the Higher Education Cooperation attaché Mme. Sabine Vermillard @svermillard visited the 🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 excavations of #Chanhudaro.
A team of 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇵🇰 jointly with @SindhGovt worked with interns from different Universities of #Sindh

Honoured to be welcomed by Dr @AzraPechuho.

Thank you for the interest and the community awareness raised towards the work out team develops in #Sindh. 🎉

#MAFBI #Chanhudaro

As we're starting the third week of the 🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 excavations in #Chanhudaro. Here is a little video of the 2020 season.

#MAFBI

French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin in cooperation with @SindhGovt, @FranceinPak
@PakinFrance, etc...

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Honoured to deliver the #keynote at the #TechXchange international conference in @asa_quest QUEST #Nawabshah.

The work of the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin #MAFBI with @SindhGovt opened up new lines of research and cooperation ( 1/3) #chanhudaro

🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 The 9th season of the excavations in #Chanhudaro 🏛️ is just starting. Kudos to the #hospitality of the people of #Sindh and our institutional partners that make this work possible.
The program is developed in cooperation with @SindhGovt.
Thanks:
@FranceinPak @PakinFrance

The #archaeozoology program led by @MashkourM at the @Le_Museum is one link in the chain of bioarchaeological studies related to the #ChanhuDaro excavations. In 2023 new excavations in the Mound I are bringing interesting discoveries for the ancient Indus people and ecosystem

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🎉Archaeozoological studies of #Chanhudaro animal bones. Exciting day at the @ArchZooBota laboratory with the discovery of aquatic turtles, #Indus river fish, deer antlers, and a lot of sheep, goat and cattle remains.

And here it is#Video #Indus #Chanhudaro

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Results from the recent works of the #MAFBI team.
#Chanhudaro #IVC #Sindh #Pakistan @francediplo_EN
@INSHS_CNRS @EASAA_ArchArt
@PC_Arscan
Conference on this link

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This is a teamwork because #hospitality #jamalkerio #Sakrand #Nawabshah #Sindh
@ssusindhpolice
@AFKarachi
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#chanhudaro #HereForHeritage #PositivePakistan #IVC #sindhudarya #indusvalleycivilization #excavation #archaeology #archeomonde

Since 2015 the #MAFBI team, French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin is working in the #Indus site of #Chanhudaro in cooperation with @SindhGovt . The 8th season has ended.

The results are amazing, you will be hearing soon!
@FranceinPak @PakinFrance
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#Sindh because of its people.

On behalf of The French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin: Happy #SindhCultureDay

Always thankful for your #hospitality
#MAFBI
#Chanhudaro
#HereForHeritage
#indusvalleycivilization
🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷
#Nawabshah #Sakrand #ShaheedBenazirabad

#Sindh because of its people.

On behalf of The French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin: Happy #SindhCultureDay

Always thankful for your #hospitality
#MAFBI
#Chanhudaro
#HereForHeritage
#indusvalleycivilization
🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷
#Nawabshah #Sakrand #ShaheedBenazirabad