Archaeology & Prehistory
Copper Hoard culture
2nd millennium BCEChalcolithic communitiesGanga-Yamuna doab findsPan-Indian / unspecified
2,000 BCE
Caches of copper harpoons, anthropomorphic figures and tools, associated with Ochre Coloured Pottery.
- Dated
- 2,000–1,001 BCE
- As scholars put it
- 2nd millennium BCE
- Originator
- Chalcolithic communities
- Source text
- Ganga-Yamuna doab finds
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Part of the wider Old-World copper age.
Fair to say
The makers and exact chronology are debated.
Path to modern innovation
Evidence of early Indian copper metallurgy beyond the Indus cities.
Transmission
Regional metalworking tradition.
References
- 1Archaeology of the OCP/Copper Hoard cultures
Further reading
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