Two Rains. Cities, towns and villages: living in the diverse environments of the Indus Civilisation

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Two Rains. Cities, towns and villages: living in the diverse environments of the Indus Civilisation

March 17, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS EVENING LECTURE

Cities, towns and villages: living in the diverse environments of the Indus Civilisation

by Dr Cameron Petrie

South Asia’s Indus Civilisation continues to captivate and confound in equal measure. It was contemporaneous with Old Kingdom Egypt and the later phases of the Early Dynastic period, the Akkadian Empire and the Ur III dynasty in Mesopotamia, but it stands as a markedly different instance of early complexity. This presentation will introduce new insights into the Indus Civilisation, including discussion of the diversity of Indus urbanism and Indus settlement networks. It will also explore the ramifications of the fact that Indus cities were considerable distances apart and situated in diverse ecological zones within the greater region occupied by Indus populations, and the majority of the population appears to have lived in medium- and small-sized rural settlements in the intervening areas. Lastly, it will consider the climatic parameters that affected Indus populations – which includes both winter and summer rainfall regimes – and outline the ways that Indus populations were adapted to an unpredictable environmental context and able to respond to climate change.


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Details

Date:
March 17, 2022
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Venue

Society of Antiquaries of London
Burlington House, Piccadilly
London, W1J 0BE United Kingdom