Fish Remains in an Early Village Context: Provisioning during the Ravi Phase of the Indus Valley Tradition (Pakistan)

Summary

Fish remains from the earliest deposits at the Indus Valley site of Harappa (Punjab Province, Pakistan) appear to have skeletal element distribution and cut mark patterns that are different from later deposits associated with a more complex social organization related to an urban setting. The earliest village-level fish assemblages (Ravi Phase) appear to be representative of the types of provisioning associated with direct access to either the fish resources or the fish mongers; later assemblages (Kot Diji through Harappan Phases) appear to be representative of a combined direct and indirect access to fish resources. This change is thought to be representative of a political changes as villages became larger urban entities and/or were tied into changing economic associations, moving from more local to a more regional focus in trade and food resources.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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