Pottery analysis of the two kot Dijian sites of KS1 and KS2 in the Thar Desert (Tharl, Sindh, Pakistan)

Michela Spataro,

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Abstract

This paper describes the results of the minero-petrographic analysis of the pottery assemblages of two Kot Dijian (Early Indus Ciailization) sites discovered in the Thar Desert near Thari, in Upper Sindh. Special attention has been paid to the correlations between the fabric identified in thin section and the typology of the vessels, and the similarities/dissimilarities between the ceramics of these two sites and those of Ganero 8, another Kot Dijian site located a few kilometres from the preceding two.

Keywords

• Michela Spataro
• Pakistan