J M Kenoyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6244 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J M Kenoyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | J M |
| FAMILY NAME | Kenoyer |
| SIGNATURE | KENOYER J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6683-6968 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 287 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Investigating the origins of carnelian beads from Tha Kae and Noen Din, Central Thailand
A New Way to Study Ancient Bead Workshop Traditions: Shape Analysis Using Elliptical Fourier Transforms
A new analytical methodology using trigonometric functions of Elliptical Fourier transforms (EFTs) is presented for studying morphometric proportions of stone beads. The methodology was tested using ethnographically produced bead types from a single workshop compared to a discrete assemblage of stylistically similar archaeological beads from the Levant. The two-dimensional outlines of the shapes of both sets of beads were analyzed using the same …
Sourcing carnelian beads from the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kish, Iraq, 2450–2200 BCE: Stylistic, technological and geochemical approaches
Trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization is studied through the analysis of Early Dynastic III Period (2600–2350 BCE) carnelian beads from the site of Kish, Iraq. Morphological and technological features of the beads are compared with beads from the Indus region. The chemical composition of the carnelian is assessed using laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry and compared with an extensive database of potential g…
New evidence for long distance interaction at Keros: Carnelian bead analysis using scanning electron microscopy
Tracing the origins of Carnelian ornaments in Northeast Africa: Morphological, technological and chemical compositional analyses of beads from medieval and post-medieval upper Nubia, Sudan
Morphological, technological and chemical compositional analyses of carnelian beads and raw materials from two sites in ancient Sudan are presented. Six carnelian beads are from Banganarti, a Christian pilgrimage center of the Makuria Kingdom (9th -14th centuries) and 18 beads and two carnelian flake fragments are from Old Dongola, capital of the Kingdom of Dongola (14th-18th centuries). Bead shapes show considerable variation, but bead perforati…
Carnelian beads from Noen Din, Central Thailand: New technological features of stone bead drilling from Iron Age Southeast Asia
Taphonomy and labour at the Indus Valley site of Harappa (3700-1300 BC)
The emergence of early cities required new agricultural practices and archaeobotanical crop-processing models have been used to investigate the social and economic organisation of urban 'consumer' and non-urban 'producer' sites. Archaeobotanical work on the Indus Valley has previously identified various interpretations of labour and subsistence practices. Here, the authors analyse a large archaeobotanical assemblage from Harappa, Pakistan (3700-1…
Decorated Bone Tube Manufacture in Early Bronze Age Israel: Experimental Analysis of Bone Preparation and Incising
Carnelian beads from Manda, Unguja Ukuu and Kwa Mgogo: New insights on the stone bead trade between South Asia and East Africa, 7th to 15th Century CE
Prehistoric Stone Ornaments from Phromtin Tai, Central Thailand: New Perspectives on Workshop Traditions through the Study of Drilling Methods
The multi-component site of Phromtin Tai, Thailand is notable for its long occupation from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 700-500 b.c.e.) through early historic periods (ca. c.e. 500-900). Multiple field seasons of excavation in burial and habitation areas at the site have recovered a large number of glass and stone beads. Here we present the study of 57 stone beads from the site using qualitative and quantitative methods that demonstrate the presence …
An Early Islamic Rock Crystal Amulet Seal from Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar
Archaeological excavations at Unguja Ukuu recovered a rock crystal cabochon seal with the word lillāh (“for God”) inscribed in the Kufic script on its domed surface. The artifact is an intaglio amulet seal engraved in the negative. Microscopic examination of the seal surfaces reveals that a rotary tool was used to make the initial inscription. At some later point, a diagonal spall was removed across part of the inscription. The diagonal spall app…
Stone Beads from the Temple Mount, Jerusalem: A relative chronology through high-resolution studies of bead technology
Carnelian beads in Mongolia: New Perspectives on Technology and Trade
Blanche Barthélemy de Saizieu – Parures de l’Indus Nausharo, Balouchistan, IIIe millénaire av. J.-C. Entre faire et dire, être et paraître
This monograph on the beads from the site of Nausharo, Baluchistan, Pakistan provides a very important sequel to the book previously published by the same author on the beads from the nearby site of Mehrgarh (Barthélemy de Saizieu 2003). Together these two books provide a broad overview as well as an in depth study of beads and pendants from two of the most important prehistoric sites of the Indus River Valley and Balochistan excavated by the Fre…
The Archaeology of Afghanistan: From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period ed. by F. R. Allchin, Warwick Ball, and Norman Hammond
Reviewed by: The Archaeology of Afghanistan: From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period ed. by F. R. Allchin, Warwick Ball, and Norman Hammond J. Mark Kenoyer The Archaeology of Afghanistan: From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period (revised and updated edition). Edited by F. R. Allchin, Warwick Ball, and Norman Hammond. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019. 752 pp., 36 b&w and 353 color illustrations, 128 b&w drawings, bibliography, index.…
New evidence for interregional interaction in the 3rd millennium BCE Aegean: Indus-style carnelian beads at Aegina-Kolonna, Greece
This study presents new evidence for long-distance cultural interactions in the mid-3rd millennium BCE as reflected by the hard stone beads from Aegina-Kolonna in Greece. There, nineteen carnelian beads and one of rock crystal were discovered in a small jewellery hoard. Our detailed restudy of these beads indicates that at least fifteen beads can be linked to the craft traditions of the Indus Valley civilisation. This is demonstrated through shar…
Overlooked Imports: Carnelian Beads in the Korean Peninsula
Analyses of a sample of 68 carnelian and agate beads from Korea's late Proto-Three Kingdoms and Three Kingdoms period (C.E. 100-668) provide evidence for longdistance exchange with South Asia. Three Kingdoms period elites were rejecting locally made stone beads made of local materials for stone beads obtained from long distance trade and made of non-local materials. Some of these beads may also be derived from South, Central, or Southeast Asia as…
Stone Beads in Oman During the 3rd to 2nd Millenia BCE: New Approaches to the Study of Trade and Technology
This paper focuses primarily on ancient stone beads found in Oman at sites dating to the 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE, generally dated to the Umm an-Nar and Wadi Suq periods. Archaeological collections were documented to determine the range of variation in the finished objects and if there is evidence for local production of carnelian and other hard-stone beads. A comparative analysis with published materials from other regions was also undertaken t…
South Asia—Indus Civilization
Figurines of the Indus Civilization (c.2600–1900 BC) provide unique insights into technological, social, and ideological aspects of this early urban society. The Indus script has not yet been deciphered, so figurines provide one of the most direct means to understand social diversity through ornament and dress styles, gender depictions, and various ritual traditions. This chapter focuses on figurines from the site of Harappa, Pakistan, with compa…
Textiles and trade in South Asia during the Proto-Historic and Early Historic Period
Excavations at Harappa, 1986–2010: New Insights on the Indus Civilization and Harappan Burial Traditions
The site of Harappa, located in Sahiwal district, Punjab Province, Pakistan is the longest-studied settlement of the Indus civilization and has contributed significant information on the nature and complexity of this early urban society, beginning with the first major excavations by Madho Sarup Vats in the 1920s and 1930s. It was during these early excavations that the first burial remains associated with the Late Harappa Phase and then with the …
New perspectives on stone bead technology at Bronze Age Troy
Stone beads from the site of Troy, Turkey, have been studied in order to understand better the nature of lapidary technology and trade during the third to second millennium BC in this part of Anatolia. Eighteen carnelian and two rock crystal beads were documented through visual examinations, measurement and photography to identify the raw material, as well as general aspects of manufacture and style. Silicone impressions of the drill holes as wel…
Archaeometric investigation of the relationship between ancient egg-white glazed porcelain (Luanbai) and bluish white glazed porcelain (Qingbai) from Hutian Kiln, Jingdezhen, China
A new approach to tracking connections between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia: Initial results of strontium isotope analyses from Harappa and Ur
Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia
10. Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia was published in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia on page 213
Contemporary stone beadmaking in Khambhat, India: Patterns of craft specialization and organization of production as reflected in the archaeological record
Archaeologists studying early urban societies have long used the concept of craft specialization as an important indicator of social stratification, centralized control of production and indirectly, state level organization. However, new interpretive models need to be developed in order to understand socio‐economic developments in the prehistoric period. The stone beadmaking industry of Khambhat, India, provides a modern example of a traditional …
Trade and technology of the Indus Valley: New insights from Harappa, Pakistan
This paper presents selected results of current research on specialized crafts at the early urban center of Harappa, Pakistan. Many crafts such as shell working, ceramics, and agate and glazed steatite bead making are represented from the earliest levels of the site (c. 3300 BC) and continue up until the final phase of prehistoric occupation (c. 1700 BC). Materials analysis and sourcing, microscopic studies of manufacturing waste and finished obj…
The Indus Valley Tradition of Pakistan and western India
Ornament Styles of the Indus Valley Tradition: Evidence from Recent Excavations at Harappa, Pakistan
Recent excavations at Harappa and Mehrgarh, as well as other sites in Pakistan and India have provided new opportunities to study the ornaments of the Indus Civilization. A brief discussion of the methodologies needed for the study of Indus ornaments is presented along with examples of how Indus artisans combined precious metals, stone beads, shell and faience to form elaborate ornaments. Many of these ornament styles were also copied in more eas…
A new approach to tracking connections between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia: Initial results of strontium isotope analyses from Harappa and Ur
Shell working Industries of the Indus Civilization: A summary
The production and use of marine shell objects during the Mature Indus Civilization (2500-1700 B.C.) is used as a framework within which to analyse developments in technology, regional variation and the stratification of socio-economic systems. Major species of marine mollusca used in the shell industry are discussed in detail and possible ancient shell source areas are identified. Variations in shell artifacts within and between various urban, r…
An upper palaeolithic shrine in India
There is little doubt that a religious belief imparting a sense of law and order and helping to control the relationships between human populations and the other components of their environment, is highly developed among present-day hunter/gatherers. Such beliefs not only help to provide a feeling of unity stretching far beyond the hunting band itself, but they afford an ordered interconnexion between the foragers and the spiritual processes whic…
Carnelian beads in Mongolia: New Perspectives on Technology and Trade
Stone Beads from the Temple Mount, Jerusalem: A relative chronology through high-resolution studies of bead technology
Carnelian beads from Manda, Unguja Ukuu and Kwa Mgogo: New insights on the stone bead trade between South Asia and East Africa, 7th to 15th Century CE
New evidence for interregional interaction in the 3rd millennium BCE Aegean: Indus-style carnelian beads at Aegina-Kolonna, Greece
This study presents new evidence for long-distance cultural interactions in the mid-3rd millennium BCE as reflected by the hard stone beads from Aegina-Kolonna in Greece. There, nineteen carnelian beads and one of rock crystal were discovered in a small jewellery hoard. Our detailed restudy of these beads indicates that at least fifteen beads can be linked to the craft traditions of the Indus Valley civilisation. This is demonstrated through shar…
Archaeometric investigation of the relationship between ancient egg-white glazed porcelain (Luanbai) and bluish white glazed porcelain (Qingbai) from Hutian Kiln, Jingdezhen, China
Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza: The Anthropology of a Hydraulic Kingdom
Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza: The Anthropology of. Hydraulic Kingdom. H. Sidky. Lanham. MD: University Press of America, 1996. 181 pp
New perspectives on stone bead technology at Bronze Age Troy
Stone beads from the site of Troy, Turkey, have been studied in order to understand better the nature of lapidary technology and trade during the third to second millennium BC in this part of Anatolia. Eighteen carnelian and two rock crystal beads were documented through visual examinations, measurement and photography to identify the raw material, as well as general aspects of manufacture and style. Silicone impressions of the drill holes as wel…
An Early Islamic Rock Crystal Amulet Seal from Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar
Archaeological excavations at Unguja Ukuu recovered a rock crystal cabochon seal with the word lillāh (“for God”) inscribed in the Kufic script on its domed surface. The artifact is an intaglio amulet seal engraved in the negative. Microscopic examination of the seal surfaces reveals that a rotary tool was used to make the initial inscription. At some later point, a diagonal spall was removed across part of the inscription. The diagonal spall app…
Prehistoric Stone Ornaments from Phromtin Tai, Central Thailand: New Perspectives on Workshop Traditions through the Study of Drilling Methods
The multi-component site of Phromtin Tai, Thailand is notable for its long occupation from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 700-500 b.c.e.) through early historic periods (ca. c.e. 500-900). Multiple field seasons of excavation in burial and habitation areas at the site have recovered a large number of glass and stone beads. Here we present the study of 57 stone beads from the site using qualitative and quantitative methods that demonstrate the presence …
Decorated Bone Tube Manufacture in Early Bronze Age Israel: Experimental Analysis of Bone Preparation and Incising
New Evidence for Early Silk in the Indus Civilization
Silk is an important economic fibre, and is generally considered to have been the exclusive cultural heritage of China. Silk weaving is evident from the Shang period c. 1600–1045 bc , though the earliest evidence for silk textiles in ancient China may date to as much as a millennium earlier. Recent microscopic analysis of archaeological thread fragments found inside copper‐alloy ornaments from Harappa and steatite beads from Chanhu‐daro, two impo…
A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization (review)
Reviewed by: A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization Jonathan Mark Kenoyer A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization. Jane R. McIntosh. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002. 224 pp., many illustrations (some color), bibliography, index. Cloth $45.00. ISBN 0-8133-3532-9. The fanciful title of this book should be a clue to the reader that this is actually a "story" rather than a serious scholarly text about th…
An upper palaeolithic shrine in India
There is little doubt that a religious belief imparting a sense of law and order and helping to control the relationships between human populations and the other components of their environment, is highly developed among present-day hunter/gatherers. Such beliefs not only help to provide a feeling of unity stretching far beyond the hunting band itself, but they afford an ordered interconnexion between the foragers and the spiritual processes whic…
Shell working Industries of the Indus Civilization: A summary
The production and use of marine shell objects during the Mature Indus Civilization (2500-1700 B.C.) is used as a framework within which to analyse developments in technology, regional variation and the stratification of socio-economic systems. Major species of marine mollusca used in the shell industry are discussed in detail and possible ancient shell source areas are identified. Variations in shell artifacts within and between various urban, r…
The Indus Valley Tradition of Pakistan and western India
Ornament Styles of the Indus Valley Tradition: Evidence from Recent Excavations at Harappa, Pakistan
Recent excavations at Harappa and Mehrgarh, as well as other sites in Pakistan and India have provided new opportunities to study the ornaments of the Indus Civilization. A brief discussion of the methodologies needed for the study of Indus ornaments is presented along with examples of how Indus artisans combined precious metals, stone beads, shell and faience to form elaborate ornaments. Many of these ornament styles were also copied in more eas…
Contemporary stone beadmaking in Khambhat, India: Patterns of craft specialization and organization of production as reflected in the archaeological record
Archaeologists studying early urban societies have long used the concept of craft specialization as an important indicator of social stratification, centralized control of production and indirectly, state level organization. However, new interpretive models need to be developed in order to understand socio‐economic developments in the prehistoric period. The stone beadmaking industry of Khambhat, India, provides a modern example of a traditional …
Deciphering the Indus Script. Asko Parpola
Man-land relationships during Palaeolithic times in the Kaladgi Basin, Karnataka
Trade and technology of the Indus Valley: New insights from Harappa, Pakistan
This paper presents selected results of current research on specialized crafts at the early urban center of Harappa, Pakistan. Many crafts such as shell working, ceramics, and agate and glazed steatite bead making are represented from the earliest levels of the site (c. 3300 BC) and continue up until the final phase of prehistoric occupation (c. 1700 BC). Materials analysis and sourcing, microscopic studies of manufacturing waste and finished obj…
Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza: The Anthropology of a Hydraulic Kingdom
Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza: The Anthropology of. Hydraulic Kingdom. H. Sidky. Lanham. MD: University Press of America, 1996. 181 pp
Indian Beads: Cultural and Technological Study, by Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo (2000)
1988 by the renowned archaeologists and ancient historian S.B. Deo is very useful as a source of information on the textual and historical uses of beads, pendants, and amulets on the Indian subcontinent.It is unfortunate that it was not published earlier since a great deal has been published on beads and beadmaking technology in South
A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization (review)
Reviewed by: A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization Jonathan Mark Kenoyer A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization. Jane R. McIntosh. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002. 224 pp., many illustrations (some color), bibliography, index. Cloth $45.00. ISBN 0-8133-3532-9. The fanciful title of this book should be a clue to the reader that this is actually a "story" rather than a serious scholarly text about th…
Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Volume IV: Archaeology and Historiography--History, Theory and Method (review)
Reviewed by: Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Volume IV: Archaeology and Historiography—History, Theory and Method Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, Volume IV: Archaeology and Historiography—History, Theory and Method. Edited by S. Settar and Ravi Korisettar. 2002. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers. xix + 515 pp., bibliography, index, appendices. ISBN 81-7304-322-1. This edited volume is undoubtedly the most important of four v…
Agriculture and Pastoralism in the Late Bronze and Iron Age, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan (review)
Reviewed by: Agriculture and Pastoralism in the Late Bronze and Iron Age, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Agriculture and Pastoralism in the Late Bronze and Iron Age, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Ruth Young. Oxford: BAR International Series 1124, 2003. Bradford Monographs in the Archaeology of Southern Asia No. 1. This volume provides a refreshing new perspective on the chronology, archaeology, and changing…
New Evidence for Early Silk in the Indus Civilization
Silk is an important economic fibre, and is generally considered to have been the exclusive cultural heritage of China. Silk weaving is evident from the Shang period c. 1600–1045 bc , though the earliest evidence for silk textiles in ancient China may date to as much as a millennium earlier. Recent microscopic analysis of archaeological thread fragments found inside copper‐alloy ornaments from Harappa and steatite beads from Chanhu‐daro, two impo…
A Reply to Ji‐huan He
The Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy, and Society . Rita P. Wright
Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia
10. Interaction systems, specialised crafts and culture change: The Indus Valley Tradition and the Indo-Gangetic Tradition in South Asia was published in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia on page 213
A new approach to tracking connections between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia: Initial results of strontium isotope analyses from Harappa and Ur
Archaeometric investigation of the relationship between ancient egg-white glazed porcelain (Luanbai) and bluish white glazed porcelain (Qingbai) from Hutian Kiln, Jingdezhen, China
New perspectives on stone bead technology at Bronze Age Troy
Stone beads from the site of Troy, Turkey, have been studied in order to understand better the nature of lapidary technology and trade during the third to second millennium BC in this part of Anatolia. Eighteen carnelian and two rock crystal beads were documented through visual examinations, measurement and photography to identify the raw material, as well as general aspects of manufacture and style. Silicone impressions of the drill holes as wel…
Excavations at Harappa, 1986–2010: New Insights on the Indus Civilization and Harappan Burial Traditions
The site of Harappa, located in Sahiwal district, Punjab Province, Pakistan is the longest-studied settlement of the Indus civilization and has contributed significant information on the nature and complexity of this early urban society, beginning with the first major excavations by Madho Sarup Vats in the 1920s and 1930s. It was during these early excavations that the first burial remains associated with the Late Harappa Phase and then with the …
South Asia—Indus Civilization
Figurines of the Indus Civilization (c.2600–1900 BC) provide unique insights into technological, social, and ideological aspects of this early urban society. The Indus script has not yet been deciphered, so figurines provide one of the most direct means to understand social diversity through ornament and dress styles, gender depictions, and various ritual traditions. This chapter focuses on figurines from the site of Harappa, Pakistan, with compa…
Textiles and trade in South Asia during the Proto-Historic and Early Historic Period
Stone Beads in Oman During the 3rd to 2nd Millenia BCE: New Approaches to the Study of Trade and Technology
This paper focuses primarily on ancient stone beads found in Oman at sites dating to the 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE, generally dated to the Umm an-Nar and Wadi Suq periods. Archaeological collections were documented to determine the range of variation in the finished objects and if there is evidence for local production of carnelian and other hard-stone beads. A comparative analysis with published materials from other regions was also undertaken t…
Overlooked Imports: Carnelian Beads in the Korean Peninsula
Analyses of a sample of 68 carnelian and agate beads from Korea's late Proto-Three Kingdoms and Three Kingdoms period (C.E. 100-668) provide evidence for longdistance exchange with South Asia. Three Kingdoms period elites were rejecting locally made stone beads made of local materials for stone beads obtained from long distance trade and made of non-local materials. Some of these beads may also be derived from South, Central, or Southeast Asia as…
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