Type: Archaeological Site - Settlement
Province: Balochistan
District: Kachhi
Period: Proto Historic
Relative Chronology: 3500 BCE - 1800 BCE
Description: The site is located in Kolachi Village of tehsil Sibi. The excavators assigned three cultural periods to this site (Jarrige et al 1995:557). Mud brick buildings were found at the site with paved platforms. Fireplaces and kilns were also recorded associated with workshops. Handmade and wheel made pottery both decorated and undecorated were found. Beads from different materials, stone tools, animal figurines including humped bulls, camels, horses, dogs, etc. were also found. Other objects included terracotta and copper seals, copper objects, iron objects, etc. It is the site of Bronze and Iron Ages (Dani 1988:63-6). It is the site with the earliest evidences of horse, donkey and Bactrian camel domestication (Cortesi 2015b:368).
Latitude: 27.911111111
Longitude: 65.894444444
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: The Indus Age - The Beginnings
Published In: University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States
Year of Publication: 1999
Bibliography/Reference: Posshel, G.L.
