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Nokabad Cairn-2

BalochistanSettlementProtected
It is situated on top of hill near to the north-east of graveyard. It is not far from the site of Shahrak Dam. The site is a big cemetery of cairns, alignments of stone wall on the surface of ground and scores of cairns are spread to a large area about 200 m. In all there are 20 cairns. The suggested date for the site by Besenval and Sanlaville is that of proto-historic period (Dasht, Shahi Tump and Kulli assemblages)
Record ID
8735
Province / territory
Balochistan
District
Makran
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Proto Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
26.56667, 63.56667 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Shabir, Imran. (2017). Ancient Kech-Makran, Balochistan: Synthesis of Previous Archaeological Fieldwork and Results of New Surveys in Shahrak and Sami, Kech Valley. Unpublished M.Phil Thesis, Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamab.

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