Dear Francesco, From what you described below and from a bit of my own reading, i am now convinced that what Lawler wrote in his Science article is perfectly...
Fritz Staal on the article on the Indus Civilization by A. Lawler in Science Magazine. BTW, is there a Web copy of Lawler's available, to post? R.  SIR ...
Dear Francesco, Reacting late. Thanks for all the details, but my question was different, and quite simple: we know that Mohenjo-daro was largely built with...
http://sarasvati97.blogspot.com/2008/07/ancient-metallurgy-and-mleccha-writing.html Ancient metallurgy and mleccha writing on pure tin ingots The finds of two...
Ethiopia - What a dubious archaeological finding? Recently I have read an article entitled: Archaeologists find queen of Sheba’s palace at Aksum. The...
THE FRANKINCENSE TRAIL: OMAN’S ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE FOLLOWING HISTORY’S LEGENDS - FROM THE QUEEN OF SHEBA TO MARCO POLO SALALAH: HEART OF THE ANCIENT TRADE...
KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE Students become tour guides at old community museum Story And Photo By Anchalee Kongrut  Daechachai Sirithanasup, a Mathayom 1...
Invoking a past: The interior of the Imambara LEGACY: METIABRUZ The Other Oudh A Calcutta pocket is poised to deck up its slice of Awadhi history Jaideep...
Please see: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaArchaeology/message/2669  http://www.bhavsarsamaj.com/bhavsarkshatriyasamaj-pilgrimageinpakist  ...
Dear all, Can anyone throw light on a place called Pathavi (or similar sounding place) in Karnataka? it might be somewhere around Kolar fields. You can also...
... Sheba's palace at Aksum. The archaeologists from Hamburg Germany do believe in finding an altar of ancient Judaism. On the contrary, another group of...
... Francesco, G. Possehl replied to my consult as follows: "You should consult with Dr. Shinde about this. In my opinion the bricks were in a structure that...
... The profusion of well-fired burnt bricks used in all constructions at Mohenjo-daro indicates a broad-based tradition of a brick-making industry. However,...
... No. Phase 1 in Kalibangan, which is conservatively dated from 3500 B.C. (optimisitcally from 4000 B.C.) had drains which were lined using kiln fired...
... This is height of selective quotation to just prove your POV. These same two researchers on page 48 that you pointed us to are saying: a) At Gilund most...
... This is a methodology issue that you are not following. What you need to do is find a text of proven provenance in which "... is probably an 'Old European'...
Correction: I meant to say "if Carlos" (as discussed earlier on this thread). Sorry. ________________________________________________________________________ ...
... It isn't a question of using a double standard, but rather about the reliability of the dating of the archaeological layers at Kalibangan proposed by B.B....
... The structures on the souuthern part of the fortified settlement at Gilund are coeval with the Mature Harappan period. They date from the second half of...
In other words, Francesco, there is nothing really wrong with Lawler's assertions. He does not say that IVC people 'invented' kiln-fired bricks, but only that...
We are discussing on Ancient India ( groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientindia/join) about the gymnosophist Calanus. The real name of Calanus is Sphines which might...
... This is precisely the reason why no aracheologist takes any linguist seriously. Let us try to understand why: a) Earliest burnt Bricks manufactured in...
Though the Biblical Queen of Sheba is an intriguing personality, guessing who she was and where she came from is an old hat of a tale and different versions...
Dynamics of Trade in the Ancient Mesopotamian "World System" Author(s): Christopher Edens Source: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 94, No. 1, (Mar., ...
... 106(5) ... Thundy Zacharias has made it obvious that he/she is clueless about the concept of "Sandhi" and the reasons for inventing this concept in ...