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Pirak

BalochistanSettlementProtected
The site is located in Kolachi Village of tehsil Sibi. The excavators assigned three cultural periods to this site (Jarrige et al 1995:557). Mud brick buildings were found at the site with paved platforms. Fireplaces and kilns were also recorded associated with workshops. Handmade and wheel made pottery both decorated and undecorated were found. Beads from different materials, stone tools, animal figurines including humped bulls, camels, horses, dogs, etc. were also found. Other objects included terracotta and copper seals, copper objects, iron objects, etc. It is the site of Bronze and Iron Ages (Dani 1988:63-6). It is the site with the earliest evidences of horse, donkey and Bactrian camel domestication (Cortesi 2015b:368).
Record ID
9050
Province / territory
Balochistan
District
Kachhi
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Proto Historic
Legal status
Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
Coordinates
27.91111, 65.89444 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Posshel, G.L.. (1999). The Indus Age - The Beginnings. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States.

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