Type: Archaeological Site - Settlement
Province: Sindh
District: Khairpur
Period: Pre Historic
Relative Chronology: 18,000 BCE - 8,000 BCE
Description: Located at a distance of half a km north of the Sodhra village on the southern slopes of sand dunes, the site Kathore 1 has an open valley in its southeast perhaps flooded by the Nara canal during the season. Surface finds comprise plain, applique and painted pottery, Chert cores and flakes. The site might have been occupied from the Mesolithic through to the mature Indus period (10th to 3rd millennium BC).
Latitude: 27.021944444
Longitude: 68.908611111
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Archaeological Exploration along the Right Bank of the Nara Canal from Phariaro to Kathore
Published In: Ancient Pakistan, Vol XV
Year of Publication: 2002
Bibliography/Reference: Nilofer, S. et al
