Aspects of Palace Life at Mohenjo-Daro

Vidale, Massimo

doi:10.1080/02666031003737232

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“…Instead of continuing to build large structures like the one found in Block 1, with its space for craft activities (Mackay 1938, 49-50;Possehl 2002, 209;Sarcina 1979, 169;Vidale & Balista 1988), DK-G's builders appear increasingly to have favoured the construction of smaller houses and specialized structures like those of Block 8A and Block 6A. Block 1's features are similar to those of other large residences identified by Vidale (2010), suggesting a heterarchical Mackay 1938. ) process analogous to neighbourhood construction at Harappa (Kenoyer 2006;Meadow & Kenoyer 2003;Wright 2010;.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…Reanalysis of excavation data continues to reveal new structural forms (e.g. Jansen 1985;Verardi 1987;Verardi & Barba 2010;Vidale 2010). The report on excavations from Area DK-G South, where the most extensive vertical excavations were conducted, presents an ideal dataset for such an analysis.…”

Section: Previous Investigations At Mohenjo-daromentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concepts of heterarchy, which describes social relations that were either unranked or had the potential to be ranked in different ways (Crumley 1995, 3), and collective action, a political process that incorporated larger numbers of people into coordinated endeavours (Blanton & Fargher 2008), may help explain how civic coordination and sophisticated technologies emerged in absence of a dominant and exclusionary political hierarchy. The Indus civilization (2600-1900 bc), home to the first cities in South Asia, appears to have been heterarchical, incorporating many interacting political entities (Chakrabarti 2000;Kenoyer 1997a;Petrie 2013;Possehl 1998;Vidale 2010;Wright 2010). It encompassed five cities and numerous smaller settlements, which were distributed throughout an extensive and diverse range of environments (Kenoyer 1997a;Petrie 2013;Petrie et al 2017;Possehl 1998;Ratnagar 2016;Shinde 2016;Wright 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Early excavations produced so much data that much of it went un-analysed until follow-up projects began re-examining field records (Jansen 1993b;Jansen & Urban 1987). An important article by Vidale (2010) demonstrated that Mohenjodaro's architecture data can be re-analysed to distinguish forms and generate new interpretations. This article is informed by that approach.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mohenjo-Daro's Small Public Structures: Heterarchy, Collective Action and a Re-visitation of Old Interpretations with GIS and 3D Modelling

Green¹

2017

CAJ

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Together, the concepts of heterarchy and collective action offer potential explanations for how early state societies may have established high degrees of civic coordination and sophisticated craft industries in the absence of exclusionary political strategies or dominant centralized political hierarchies. The Indus civilization (c. 2600–1900 bc) appears to have been heterarchical, which raises critical questions about how its infrastructure facilitated collective action. Digital re-visitation of early excavation reports provides a powerful means of re-examining the nuances of the resulting datasets and the old interpretations offered to explain them. In an early report on excavations at Mohenjo-daro, the Indus civilization's largest city, Ernest Mackay described a pair of small non-residential structures at a major street intersection as a ‘hostel’ and ‘office’ for the ‘city fathers’. In this article, Mackay's interpretation that these structures had a public orientation is tested using a geographical information systems approach (GIS) and 3D models derived from plans and descriptions in his report. In addition to supporting aspects of Mackay's interpretation, the resulting analysis indicates that Mohenjo-daro's architecture changed through time, increasingly favouring smaller houses and public structures. Close examination of these small public structures also suggests that they may at times have been part of a single complex.

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2017

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“…Among their researches if those concerning territory and threshold issues be excluded there are many of them about body of entrance. These researches in addition to basic features and functions such as security [4], deal with more complicated issues like expressing identity and cultural differences [5]. For example ornaments of entrance can show function of the building to communicate with people [6] [7], direction of entrance can be related to believe of owners [8], function of entrance can help the building to be more productive [9] and economy can alter the way in which entrance controls entry and exit [10] are some of conclusions that researchers have drawn.…”

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A Comparative Study of Entrance in Traditional and Contemporary Houses of Iran

Dehbandi

Einifar

makani³

2017

JIA

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In contemporary houses in Iran, because of changes in the methods of designing and building houses, importance of entrance reduced to such level that now in contemporary houses entrance is just a door. Entrance correlates indoor safe space of house and outdoors. It`s importance lays in controlling entry, exit, territory and hierarchy. Since house owners were satisfied with traditional form of entrance, it is a good idea to learn from them in designing new entrances. The purpose of this research is to find a way for designing appropriate entrances for Iranian contemporary houses. To do this at first 40 traditional houses and 40 contemporary houses in Isfahan and Kashan were selected. These two cities are from margin of desert and the origin of traditional houses of Iran. Analysis showed that blockage of visual and phonic relation, creating a space between outdoor public space and indoor private space, creating access patterns to internal spaces and traits that separate in and out were the most significant properties of traditional entrances. All these traits are ignored in contemporary entrances. Suggestions made for design include creating public meeting space in yard and creating a separate entrance space for each house in apartments.

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Energy Efficiency in Architecture Design in Mohenjo-Daro

Iqbal

2021

Advances in Science, Technology &Amp; Innovation

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Aspects of Palace Life at Mohenjo-Daro

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Mohenjo-Daro's Small Public Structures: Heterarchy, Collective Action and a Re-visitation of Old Interpretations with GIS and 3D Modelling

Mohenjo-Daro's Small Public Structures: Heterarchy, Collective Action and a Re-visitation of Old Interpretations with GIS and 3D Modelling

A Comparative Study of Entrance in Traditional and Contemporary Houses of Iran

Energy Efficiency in Architecture Design in Mohenjo-Daro

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