<Articles>The Pottery of the Pre-Mature Harappan Period in the Upper Sind

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  • <論説>上シンド盛期ハラッパー以前の土器
  • 上シンド盛期ハラッパー以前の土器
  • カミ シンド セイキ ハラッパーイゼン ノ ドキ

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At present, the focal point in the study of the Indus civilization is how the character of the cultural assemblages, which has been considered as developed before the Mature Harappan period, should be understood. In association with this, until now the theory of "Pre- Harappan cultures" and the theory of "the Early Harappan culture" have been in opposition. In order to understand the cultural assemblages of the period, a comparative study of the pottery from the important sites in the upper Sind, such as Moenjo-Daro, Kot Diji and Amri is attempted from a typologic point of view. The study comes to the conclusion that the occupation of the lower levels in Moenjo-Daro, which has been unknown to us, undoubtedly is a cultural assemblage directly- related to the Mature Harappan culture and it may be called "the real early Harappan culture". It is characteristically different from both of the Amrian culture and the Kot Dijian culture. Based on this conclusion, a reasonable explanation can be given for the cultural development in the upper Sind during the first half of the third millennium B. C. In addition, it brings about an opportunity to understand thoroughly vital unsolved problems regarding the sharp differences in cultural character, the relations between stratigraphies and distributions between the Mature Harappan culture and other preceding cultures.

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  • 史林

    史林 71 (4), 619-649, 1988-07-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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