Mehrgarh Archaeological Site

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:abandoned c. 2600 BCE
gptkbp:country gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Indus_Valley_Civilization
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:French_Archaeological_Mission
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1974
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Jean-François_Jarrige
gptkbp:features burial sites
granaries
mud-brick houses
gptkbp:firstEuropeanSettlement 7000 BCE
gptkbp:latitude 29.4231
gptkbp:locatedIn Balochistan
gptkbp:longitude 67.8496
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:ceramics
beads
figurines
domesticated animals
copper tools
wheat and barley remains
gptkbp:period Chalcolithic
Neolithic
gptkbp:region Kacchi Plain
gptkbp:significance one of the earliest sites with evidence of farming and herding in South Asia
predecessor to Indus Valley Civilization
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list 2004
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tentative_list_of_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Pakistan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mehrgarh Archaeological Site

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