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New exploration in the Chitral Valley, Pakistan: an extension of the Gandharan Grave culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ihsan Ali ,
Cathy Batt ,
Robin Coningham  and
Ruth Young
Ihsan Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan
Cathy Batt
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
Robin Coningham
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
Ruth Young
Affiliation:
School of Archaeological Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England
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New survey in the Chitral Valley has doubled the number of recorded Gandharan Grave culture sites in the region and extended their geographical range. The numbers and location of sites indicates that the Gandharan Grave culture was well established in the Chitral valley, suggesting that the valley may have been central to this cultural development, rather than marginal.

Keywords

PakistanChitralGandharan Grave culturefield surveychronology
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 293 , September 2002 , pp. 647 - 653
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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