Between 1992 and 1996 the Punjab Archaeological Survey (PAS), under the direction of the Government of Pakistan, Department of Archaeology, conducted a large-scale survey in order to identify all ancient settlements in the Punjab. Surface surveys at a small number of the settlements identified diagnostic artifacts that were contemporary with the Indus civilization.
An examination of the natural landscape and stratigraphy of the Beas settlement from the Ancient Indus Valley people, essay by Rita Wright
We acknowledge with thanks the generosity of officials in Pakistan for granting us permission to conduct this research. They include Dr.
Kenoyer, J. M. (1998) Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. Karachi.
Meadow, R. H, Kenoyer, J. M. & R. P. Wright (1998) Harappa Archaeological Research Project.
Above: Rita Wright, Suanna Selby, Susan Malin-Boyce, Joseph Schuldenrein, M. Afzal Khan, Mark Smith.
The results of the survey have marked the transition from a natural to humanly engineered regional
The results of the Beas study demonstrate the utility of our methodology.
A project of remote sensing utilizing Corona Declassified and Satellite Imagery was designed to integrate ground collected survey with remote sensing data in order to enhance our picture of the Beas
As discussed in the above, central to the research was a robust program of the collection of organic sediments and carbon.
Seven radiocarbon determinations can be correlated with the above sequence, including those from non-cultural levels.
The two primary materials discovered in the assemblage at Lohoma Lal Tibba are nodules and sherds.
Lohoma Lal Tibba (19 km. from Harappa), Chak Purbane Syal (23 km.) and Harappa form a small cluster of settlements at the upstream end of our survey area.