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标题：Were There Commercial Communications between Prehistoric Harappans and African Populations?
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作者：Kenneth A. R. Kennedy ; Gregory L. Possehl
期刊名称：Advances in Anthropology
印刷版ISSN：2163-9353
电子版ISSN：2163-9361
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：4
页码：169-180
DOI：10.4236/aa.2012.24020
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：This paper is an historical and scientific evaluation of Western archaeologists’ theories concerning ancient population movements and commercial contacts between the prehistoric Harappans and African populations during the Indus Age (2500-1900 BC). In this context the human skeletal remains and artifacts from Harappa and Mohenjodaro are relevant. An urnburial from the Indus river site of Chanhudaro has an important bearing upon this subject. The scientific aspect of this study is the provision of hitherto unascertained data to palaeoanthropologists anaylsing the skeletal and dental biology of prehistoric populations of South Asia.
关键词：Prehistoric Harappans