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Implication of Radiocarbon Dates from Sohr Damb/Nal, Balochistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Jochen Görsdorf  and
Ute Franke-Vogt
Jochen Görsdorf
Affiliation:
German Institute of Archaeology, Division of Natural Science, Im Dol 2–6 D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Ute Franke-Vogt
Affiliation:
German Institute of Archaeology, Eurasia Department, Im Dol 2–6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Sohr Damb/Nal, the type site of the Nal complex, is located in Balochistan, Pakistan. After 1 season of excavation by H Hargreaves in 1924, which made the polychrome Nal pottery widely known, no further work took place until the Joint German-Pakistani Archaeological Mission to Kalat resumed excavations in 2001. So far, 4 seasons of excavations have been undertaken, which have revealed 4 periods of occupation, dated from about 3800 to 2000 BC. The well-stratified assemblages provide new insights into cultural processes and developments, and enhance the comparative frameworks through typological series and a comprehensive set of radiocarbon dates. This information is essential for assessing cross-cultural relations and the date of urbanization. In this paper, the 14C dates from Sohr Damb/Nal are presented and their cultural context is discussed. Period III has several links to sites in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, such as Miri Qalat IIIb–c, Mehrgarh VI–VII/Nausharo I, Quetta III, Mundigak IV, and Shahr-e Sokhta II–III. Period IV represents a Kulli-Harappan occupation, which is dated to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 703 - 712
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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