Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
Steatite micro-beads
c. 2600-1900 BCEIndus bead-makersHarappa and other sitesIndus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
2,600 BCE
Tiny fired-steatite beads around a millimetre across, made in huge numbers.
- Dated
- 2,600–1,900 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2600-1900 BCE
- Originator
- Indus bead-makers
- Source text
- Harappa and other sites
- Region
- Indus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
- Discipline
- Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
The manufacturing method is still debated.
Path to modern innovation
Evidence of mass craft production.
References
- 1Kenoyer
- 2Indus bead studies
Further reading
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