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Subsistence System, Paleoecology, and 14C Chronology at Kanmer, a Harappan Site in Gujarat, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2016

Pankaj Goyal ,
Anil K Pokharia ,
Jeewan Singh Kharakwal ,
Pramod Joglekar ,
Y S Rawat  and
Toshiki Osada
Pankaj Goyal
Affiliation:
1Deecan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
Anil K Pokharia*
Affiliation:
2Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, UP, India
Jeewan Singh Kharakwal
Affiliation:
3Institute of Rajasthan Studies, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Pramod Joglekar
Affiliation:
1Deecan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India
Y S Rawat
Affiliation:
4Gujarat State Archaeology Department, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Toshiki Osada
Affiliation:
5Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
*
Corresponding author. Email: pokharia.anil@gmail.com.
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Abstract

This article presents the results of 4 excavation seasons in which botanical and animal remains were collected at the Harappan site of Kanmer in the Kachchh District of Gujarat, India. The findings revealed a subsistence economy consisting of food production with domesticated plants and animals, hunting, fishing, and wild plant gathering. Cultural relics and radiocarbon dating support our identification of different cultural periods at the site. This study provides new insights into the subsistence strategies during different phases of occupation and offers the potential for new subsistence models to be applied at nearby sites, particularly in this peripheral zone of the Indus civilization.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , 2013 , pp. 141 - 150
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