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Shahrak/Pogunsh

Type: Archaeological Site - Settlement
Province: Balochistan
District: Turbat
Period: Proto Historic
Relative Chronology: 3500 BCE - 1800 BCE
Description: The village of Pogunsh is located 33 km east of Turbat and 1.5-2 km before Shahrak center. The ancient sites No.5 is beneath the modern village of Pogunsh. Shards have been found everywhere in the village but mainly around the mosque where it is possible to observe alignments of stone walls on the surface of the ground. Another area of shards collecting is located on the top of the hill over-looking the village from the north (Shahrak/Pogunsh-hill: site 15).
Latitude: 26.031618931
Longitude: 63.306667706
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Cartography of Ancient Settlements in Central Southern Pakistani Makran: New Data
Published In: Mesopotamia, Vol. 25
Year of Publication: 1990
Bibliography/Reference: Besenval, Roland, and Paul Sanlaville
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