Material Matters: Representation and Materiality of the Harappan Body |
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Authors: | Sharri R Clark |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA |
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Abstract: | In the Indus Civilization (ca. 2600–1900 BC), a society with no readable texts and few larger-scale representations, terracotta figurines were the most common representations
of the human body. This paper explores the unique construction of the material representations of bodies and other material
culture from Harappa, a major Indus site now in Pakistan. Hand-modeling representations of human bodies from dual clay pieces,
sometimes decorated with bone pigments, suggests a focus on the process and ideological rather than practical choices in the
materialization of the Harappan human body. For the Harappans, material matters as they engage physically with their world
and embody themselves and their worldview. |
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Keywords: | Indus Civilization Harappa Figurines Representation Materiality |
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