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Mehrgarh

On land South & Central Asia
Mehrgarh ruins. Dated to 5500 BC per Dikshit, K.N. (2013) Origin of Early Harappan Cultures in the Sarasvati Valley: Recent Archaeological Evidence and Radiometric Dates, p. 104. Archived from the original on 18 January
Ashish_Premier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Where
Pakistan
Built by
Early farmers
Era
7000-2600 BCE
Known for
Among the earliest farming villages in South Asia, with drilled teeth.
How it ended
People moved to newer towns nearby.
This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the
mhtoori, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pakistan (Baluchistan); Vessel; Ceramics
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Background

Mehrgarh is a Neolithic archaeological site situated on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan in Pakistan. It is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River and between the modern-day Pakistani cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi. The site was discovered in 1974 by the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin led by the French archaeologists Jean-François Jarrige and Catherine Jarrige. Mehrgarh was excavated continuously between 1974 and 1986, and again from 1997 to 2000. Archaeological material has been found in six mounds, and about 32,000 artefacts have been collected from the site. The earliest settlement at Mehrgarh, located in the northeast corner of the 495-acre (2.00 km2) site, was a small farming village dated from 7000 BCE or 5250 BCE (see below).

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