Type: Archaeological Site - Settlement
Province: Sindh
District: Khairpur
Period: Pre Historic
Relative Chronology: 2 million years BP. - 18,000 BCE
Description: This site is located on a flat surface of a sand dunes. There is a low-lying limestone hill in east. The site of East of Lakes 5 is situated in the west at about 500 m in distance. At this site, the occurrence of cultural materials is very thin, mainly consisting of chert stone artefacts like core, flakes and blade. The other artefacts collected were stamped pottery and a broken weight. According to a preliminary analysis of material, it is observed that the stone artefacts are associated with the Upper Paleolithic period and the pottery belongs to the Historic period.
Latitude: 27.124722222
Longitude: 68.718888889
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Surface and subsurface analysis of archaeological sites around the lakes of the Dubi Mirwah Desert in Sindh, Pakistan
Published In: Occasional Paper 4 Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human Past
Year of Publication: 2008
Bibliography/Reference: Mallah, Q.H.
