Kanmer
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Kanmer, locally known as Bakar Kot, is an archaeological site belonging to Indus Valley civilization, located in Rapar Taluk, Kutch District, Gujarat, India.{{cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/25jun2011/1833.pdf |title=Archaeobotany and archaeology at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat: evidence for adaptation in response to climatic variability |last1=Pokharia |first1=Anil K. |last2=Kharakwal |first2=Jeewan Singh |last3=Rawat |first3=R. S. |last4=Osada|first4=Toshiki |last5=Nautiyal |first5=C. M. |last6=Srivastava |first6=Alka |date=25 June 2011 |work=Current Science, Vol. 100, No. 12 |accessdate=25 October 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230734615|title=Archaeobotany and archaeology at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat: Evidence for adaptation in response to climatic variability (PDF Download Available)|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}}
Excavation
Indo-Japanese joint excavation at Kanmer was undertaken during 2006 by Institute of Rajasthan Studies, RIHN, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Archeology Department, Gujarat and Japanese team.{{cite book|editor-last=Osada|editor-first=Toshiki |title=Indus civilization : Text and Context|year=2006|publisher=Manohar Publisher|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788173046827|pages=9–11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-ZtAAAAMAAJ|edition=Revised and enlarged |accessdate=11 July 2012}}
Architecture
The site was strongly fortified despite being small, perhaps because it may have been located on trade route between Sindh and Saurashtra.
Findings
Rich ceramic assemblage, representing the Mature Harappan culture was found at this site. Three clay seals with central holes, making them pendants, with Indus scripts were found.{{Cite web|url=https://www.harappa.com/blog/ancient-indus-passports|title=Ancient Indus Passports?|website=www.harappa.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-10}} A large number of bead-making goods — 150 stone beads and roughouts, 160 drill bits, 433 faience beads and 20,000 steatite beads — were found here, indicating the site's importance as an industrial unit. Agate quarries were also located at a distance of {{convert|20|km|mi}} from the site.{{cite web |title=Redefining the Harappan Hinterland|url=http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/agrawal323/|first1=D. P. |last1=Agrawal |first2=J. S. |last2=Kharakwal |first3=Y. S. |last3=Rawat |first4=T. |last4=Osada |first5=Pankaj |last5=Goyal|publisher=Antiquity.ac.uk|accessdate=10 July 2012}}
Importance
The figures appearing on clay seals and their similarity with those of Mohenjo-daro indicate Kanmer's association with bigger trade centres like Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.
References
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Further reading
KHARAKWAL, J.S., Y.S. RAWAT & T. OSADA.(2008) Preliminary observations on the excavation at Kanmer, Kachchh, India, in T. Osada & A. Uesugi (ed.) Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human past (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Occasional Paper 5): 5-24. Kyoto: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
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