Korean Journal of Physical Anthropology  2015;28(1):1-9

doi:10.11637/kjpa.2015.28.1.1

Human Skeletal Remains from Ancient Burial Sites in India: With Special Reference to Harappan Civilization.

Astha DIBYOPAMA 1 ; Yong Jun KIM ; Chang Seok OH ; Dong Hoon SHIN ; Vasant SHINDE

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Keywords

Harappan Civilization; Burial sites; Anthropology; Archaeology; Human skeletal remains

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Harappan Civilization is well known for highly sophisticated urban society, having been flourished in extensive regions of northwestern part of Pakistan and northeastern part of Afghanistan as its heyday around 4500 years ago. Most archaeologists agree on the periodization of this civilization as three different phases (Early, Mature and Late), which represent its cultural process of origin, development and decline. From the Harappan sites, one can note that there were about more than fifty burial sites discovered so far related with the civilization. In this article, we are trying to introduce the brief picture of the Harappan burials from the archaeological as well as anthropological perspectives.