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26 | Diachronic perspectives on seal production strategies of the Indus tradition | Gregg Jamison

International Colloquium on the Emerging Perspectives of the Harappan Civilization | February 10 - 12, 2023 Talk 26: Diachronic perspectives on seal production strategies of the Indus tradition: New insights into organization, intergration and variation Abstract: Engraved seals are among the most well-known and studied forms of material culture from the Indus Tradition of ancient South Asia. They were made and used for at least 2000 years and are diagnostic of multiple cultures from the Regionalization (5500-2600 BCE), Integration (2600-1900 BCE), and Localization Eras (1900-1300 BCE). Comparative studies of seal production technologies provide insights into craft production and its relationship to broader economic, social, political, and ideological systems. This paper highlights the results of our ongoing research of seal production technologies of the Indus Tradition. Using complementary methods including classification, distribution patterns, ethnoarchaeological, experimental, microscopic, and formal analyses, we investigate the long history of seal production and use in ancient South Asia. Though many examples of similarities and continuities in production strategies and iconography can be observed within and among different eras of the Indus Tradition, there is clear evidence of variation. Some of this is patterned and can be correlated with multiple sources. Taken together, the results of our study provide new insights into the significant role that seals played in the organization and integration of the people and places that made the Indus, and how they varied and changed over time and space. Speaker: Gregg Jamison Speaker's Profile: Gregg Jamison is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha. He teaches a variety of introductory and upper-level anthropology courses and received his Ph.D. in Anthropology (Archaeology Section) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Jamison is an anthropological archaeologist whose primary research interests include the Indus Civilization (2600-1900 BCE) of ancient South Asia, engraved seal production and use, prehistoric craft production, experimental and ethnoarchaeology, and the origins of cities and states. Since 2018, he has also served as the Lead Archaeologist for the UW MIA Recovery and Identification Project, which aims to recover and repatriate the remains of missing American Armed Services Personnel from World War II. He has conducted archaeological fieldwork in India, Pakistan, Oman, Bahrain, France, Belgium, Poland, and throughout the midwestern United States.