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THE FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN Aurore Didier, David Sarmiento Castillo To cite this version: Aurore Didier, David Sarmiento Castillo. THE FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN: by Mission of Indus (MAI) / Mission in Makran (MAFM): 1958 - 2014. International Seminar on ” French Contributions to Pakistan Studies”, Feb 2014, Islamabad; Karachi; Banbhore, Pakistan. halshs-02986658 HAL Id: halshs-02986658 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02986658 Submitted on 3 Nov 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. THE FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH IN PAKISTAN 1 by Mission of Indus (MAI) / Mission in Makran (MAFM): Astana 2. Amri Bishkek 7. Miri-Qalat Tashkent 26 Dushambe 24 25 Ashgabat 3. Nindowari 8. Shahi-Tump Kabul Islamabad 1 Lahore 4. Pirak 9. Kulli 23 Kandahar 22 Quetta 13 5 4 6 14 21 18 20 5. Mehrgarh 19 Sukkur 10. Panodi 3 17 7 Turbat 2 8 9 10 12 11 16 Karachi 15 6. Nausharo 11. Sotka Koh Excavated sites Surveys and explorations Other important sites Main cities 250km 250km Vectorization based Landtat/GoogleEarth projection. 14. Sibri Chronology of the main sites excavated by the MAI and MAFM missions 12. Sutkagen Dor 5000 BC - Chalcolithic Indus Civilization Shahi-Tump 2500BC Miri Qalat CB0002 CB007 Nindowari Pirak Nausharo NS Amri 8000 BC - Neolithic Mehrgarh MR French Archaeological Mission of Indus French Archaeological Mission in Makran Other Important Archaeological Sites 1. Mundigak 13. Kirta 7. Miri-Qalat 15. Allahdino 21. Lakhan-jo Daro 2. Amri 14. Lal Shah, Damboli, 8. Shahi-Tump 16. Balakot 22. Harappa 3. Nindowari Dauda Damb, 9. Kulli 17. Chanu-Daro (2015 MAFBI) 23. Shahr-i-Sokhta 4. Pirak Sibri, Shah Ghair 10. Panodi 18. Sohr Damb 24. Gonur Depe 5. Mehrgarh 11. Sotka Koh 19. Mohenjo Daro 25. Shortugaï 6. Nausharo 12. Sutkagen Dor 20. Kot Diji 26. Sarazm rd- - 6th - 2014 © Posters_MAFBI_AfK_1-6.pdf 1 24/01/2014 18:35:38.

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