Heritage record
Nammal Gorge
PunjabQuarryProtected
Namal gorge is located in the Salt Range, north-west of Mianwali city in Namal Village. The gorge is surrounded by different varieties of chert nodules, deposited in lime stone deposits. It has also a chert stone tool napping station. This gorge has served a quarry for the Musa Khel Early Harappan to Harappan residents.
- Record ID
- 9918
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Mianwali
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Quarry
- Period
- Proto Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 32.66266, 71.79987 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Law, R.W. & S.R.H. Baqri. (2003). Black Chert Source Identified at Nammal Gorge, Salt Range. Ancient Pakistan, Vol XIV.
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