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Site 5-East of Lakes

SindhSettlementProtected
This site is located on the sand dune nearby a low-lying lime stone hill where cultural materials were found in a good concentration over a vast area. Some heated lime stones were observed scattered on the surface. These heated lime stones may have been used for a hearth for a long time resulted in the change of colour. However, neither any burnt spot nor ashy spot was identified at the site. Because of the sandy soil, one may not expect such type of evidences to remain at the sites that are located on the top of the loose sand of the Thar. The finds from this site are pottery and chert stone flakes. The pottery is hand-made, containing grit in the body wall. Some shards also contain incised triangles for decoration on the outer surface. These characteristic features show the association of artefacts with the Hakra period.
Record ID
7300
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Khairpur
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Proto Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
27.12278, 68.71722 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Mallah, Q.H.. (2008). Surface and subsurface analysis of archaeological sites around the lakes of the Dubi Mirwah Desert in Sindh, Pakistan. Occasional Paper 4 Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human Past.

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