The transformation of the Indus Civilization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7324915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregory L Possehl (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425-472 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of World Prehistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-7537 • E-ISSN: 1573-7802 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf02220556 |
| OpenAlex | W1983945297 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
| References cited | 45 |
Abandonment (legal · Ancient history · Archaeology · Civilization · Geography · Human settlement · Indus · Political science · Population · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Structural basin · Demography · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Geology · Paleontology
Hunting and gathering strategies in prehistoric India
Gender and social organization in the reliefs of the Nilgiri Hills
Hunters and traders in northern Australia
Harappans and hunters
Foragers, farmers, and traders in the Malayan Peninsula
Timing, cause and consequences of mid-Holocene climate transition in the Arabian Sea
Banana Cultivation in South Asia and East Asia
The Viability of a South Asian Homeland
Linguistic Paleontology
Aryans in the Archaeological Record
Linguistic Evidence from Outside of India
Indo‐European Comparative Linguistics
Conclusion
Vedic Philology
Linguistic Substrata in Sanskrit Texts
The Indus Valley Civilization
Myths of Origin
The Date of the Veda
Early Indian Responses
Aryan Origins and Modern Nationalist Discourse
Aryans in the Archaeological Record
Economic specialization and inter-ethnic trade between foragers and farmers in the prehispanic Philippines
The Indus Civilization
Palaeoecology and the Harappan Civilisation of South Asia
Holocene Climate and Cultural Evolution in Late Prehistoric–Early Historic West Asia
Automated detection of archaeological mounds using machine-learning classification of multisensor and multitemporal satellite data
Historicizing adaptation, adapting to history
The Indo-Aryan Controversy
Pepper in the hills
Forager-Traders in South and Southeast Asia
Cover Article
Fish Symbolism in Indus Valley Epigraphy and Protohistoric Accounts
Patterns of pastoralism
Does form entail function? Understanding pottery functionalities through absorbed residues within ceramics from the Harappan sites of Karanpura and Ropar in India
Altered States
The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
Myths of the Archaic State
Anomalous Giants
New Observations on the Age and Context of Soanian Tools Found in Post-Urban Harappan Sites and Along WTH Se Asian Type Tools on the Mid-Holocene Terraces in the Nw Sub-Himalayas
Mid to Late-Holocene relative sea-level fluctuations and palaeoenvironment
Stable isotopic composition of rice grain organic matter marking an abrupt shift of hydroclimatic condition during the cultural transformation of Harappan civilization
The 4.2 ka BP climatic event and its cultural responses
A Holocene pollen record from the northwestern Himalayan lake Tso Moriri
Evolvulus alsinoides (Convolvulaceae)
The Collapse of a Collective Society
Late Holocene Climatic Events, the Main Factor of the Cultural Decline in North Central Iran During the Bronze Age
Nothing Lasts Forever
A dramatic climatic transition at ~4000 cal. yr BP and its cultural responses in Chinese cultural domains
Investigating possible links between Holocene environmental changes and cultural transitions across India
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
Unicorns and seals
Southern Neolithic Cultivation Systems
Revisiting Settlement Contemporaneity and Exploring Stability and Instability
The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture
Crops, cattle and commensals across the Indian Ocean
Author's Reply
Adaptation to Variable Environments, Resilience to Climate Change
Agricultural Origins and Frontiers in South Asia
Pastoralism, climate change, and the transformation of the Indus Civilization in Gujarat
Caravanserai, a lesser-known aspect of Harappan trade mechanism
Different strategies in Indus agriculture
Changing the prehistory of Sindh and Las Bela coast
Beyond the mines
Taphonomy and labour at the Indus Valley site of Harappa (3700-1300 BC)
Harappan seeds and agriculture
Origins and Development of Urbanism
Harappan Civilization
Origins of the Bronze Age oasis civilization in Central Asia
Chanhu Daro Excavations 1935-1936 (Amer Oriental Ser)
Stratigraphic and Radiocarbon Evidence for the Age and Development of Three Salt Lake Deposits in Rajasthan, India
South Asian Archaeology 1975
The Origins And Spread Of Agriculture And Pastoralism In Eurasia
Vegetational and seasonal climatic changes since the last full glacial in the Thar Desert, northwestern India
Cultural Development of the Prehistoric Period in North Gujarat with Reference to Western India
Meluhha—The Land of Copper
Enquiries into the Political Organization of Harappan Society
Archaeological Surveys in Baluchistan, 1948 and 1957
A New Prehistoric Ware from Baluchistan
New Light on the Most Ancient East
Prehistoric India, to 1000 B. C
Le Peuplement ancien du Kech-Makran. Travaux récents
The Indus Valley Tradition of Pakistan and western India
The Mohenjo‐daro Floods
The Indus Flood-Plain and the 'Indus' Civilization
The Indus Civilization, Supplementary Volume to the Cambridge History of India
The Roots of Ancient India
A Survey of Ancient Sites along the "Lost" Sarasvati River
The Indus Civilization
The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia
The Mohenjo-daro Floods-Further Notes
The Mohenjo-daro Floods
Kalibangan
Ancient River Beds and Dead Cities
South Asian Archaeology 1981
The Copper Bronze Age in India
The Mohenjo-Daro Floods
The End of the Ancient Cities of the Indus
Disposal of the Dead
Revolution in the Urban Revolution
Hunter-Gatherer/Agriculturalist Exchange in Prehistory
| Unique citing works | 66 |
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| Citations per year | 2,64 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |