Gregory Louis Possehl (July 21, 1941 – October 8, 2011) was a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, United States, and curator of the Asian Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.[1] He was involved in excavations of the Indus Valley civilization in India and Pakistan since 1964, and was an author of many books and articles on the Indus Civilization and related topics. He received his BA in anthropology from the University of Washington in 1964, his MA in anthropology from the University of Washington in 1967, and his PhD in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1974. He conducted major excavations in Gujarat (Rojdi, Babar Kot and Oriyo Timbo), Rajasthan (Gilund), and in January 2007, began an excavation at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bat in the Sultanate of Oman.[2]
He was an exponent of the view that the culture of the Vedic period is a direct successor of the Indus Valley Civilization. In his book Ancient Cities of the Indus he wrote that "the first point to be emphasized is that the problem seems not to be best stated as the "end" of a civilization, at least in the sense of a tradition, since there are abundant signs of cultural continuity in Sindh, Gujarat, the Punjab and adjacent areas of the North India."[citation needed]
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Gregory Louis Possehl (July 21, 1941 – October 8, 2011) was a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, United States, and...
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Tradition. GregoryPossehl includes the Neolithic stage in his periodisation, using the term Indus Age for this broader timespan, Possehl arranged archaeological...
University of Chicago Press. I:441-464, II:425-446., cited in Possehl 1992 GregoryPossehl, The Indus Civilization, 2002:94 (see Bryant 2001: 246-248, 339)...
229–230. ISBN 978-1-4384-0695-4. George Erdosy 1995, pp. 68–69, 180–189. GregoryPossehl & Michael Witzel 2002, pp. 391–393. Bryant 2001, pp. 66–67. Kireet...
hypothesize the Buffalo-man to have formed the legend of Mahishasura. Gregory L. Possehl concluded that while it would be appropriate to recognise the figure...
Valdiya (2013) have identified the Sarasvati with Ghaggar. According to GregoryPossehl, "Linguistic, archaeological, and historical data show that the Sarasvati...
period spanning from 2400 BCE to 2000 BCE. However, calibrated dates by GregoryPossehl place it between 2200 BCE and 2000 BCE. Excavation at Kayatha in 1964-65...
of five periods of human settlement. In 1992, M. K. Dhavalikar and GregoryPossehl – an archaeologist known for his Indus Valley studies, reported their...
process as still being implemented in Sindh, which was summarized by GregoryPossehl in the following terms: "The process began with the juice extracted...
period, probably Gupta (circa 500 CE). In 2002, the anthropologist GregoryPossehl commented that "it seems reasonable" that the piece belongs to the...
between bronze age Egypt and India via the Red Sea. Scholars such as GregoryPossehl have also proposed maritime activities between the Indus Valley Civilization...
Stuart Poole (1832–1895) English; Egypt (hieroglyphics and numismatics) GregoryPossehl (1941–2011) American; South Asia, Indus Valley Civilization Timothy...
these non-Brahmi symbols. Some scholars, such as the anthropologist GregoryPossehl, have argued that the non-Brahmi graffiti symbols are a survival and...
research on Tamil epigraphy, Mahadevan resumed his studies again in 2003. GregoryPossehl called Mahadevan a "careful, methodical worker, taking care to spell...
are multiple settlements of this culture in Pakistan and in Iran. GregoryPossehl sees Mundigak, in the Helmand River basin of Afghanistan, as part of...
significant scale in smaller tribal or clan societies. The archaeologist GregoryPossehl has argued that there is no evidence that the relatively sophisticated...
and the Deccan College. GregoryPossehl and Vasant Shinde led the excavations. The impression designs, according to Dr. Possehl, offer additional evidence...
discovered site to a period spanning from 2400 BCE to 2000 BCE (though GregoryPossehl places it between 2200 BCE and 2000 BCE). The master archaeologist...
Bhavnagar and 15 km away from rajula and is located in Jafarabad taluka. GregoryPossehl, of University of Pennsylvania has undertaken a detailed study at this...
Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-23401-4. OCLC 1264088953. Possehl, Gregory (2002). The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective. Lanham:...
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