A little something about Pakistani-French excavations of
#Chanhudaro.

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#MAFBI Mission Archéologique Française du Bassin de l'Indus

#beads #cornaline #carnelian #cornalina #IndusValley #knapping

This article comes from a talk given at #12ICAANE back in 2021.

Two pictures side by side show scened in Fishmarkets. On the left a joyfull fisherman is selling his new capture in the port of Karachi. The picture on the right is showing a man with a wheelbarrow full of fish, transporting this heavy load to be delivered to a wholesale buyer.

Fishing in the Indus.
With the archaeological mission of Indus Bassin #MAFBI, we @Bioarch launched the #Kurhuru project @MNHN Paris and built the first ever modern osteological reference collection deposited @MNHN to identify ancient fish remains of #Chanhudaro, #IndusValleyCivilisation @DaSarCas.

Soon joining you! We will prospect for new #sediment archives ⛏️🪏🚣 in the beautiful region of #Sindh 🇵🇰…

Many thanks to the #MAFBI and @erc-agrochrono.bsky.social #MAFBI for this opportunity!

Last week 🎓Alexandre Houdas got his Ph.D with a dissertation in " Water management in the #IndusCivilization: techniques, environments and societies" Most of team of the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin 🏛️ #MAFBI made it for the event and were all proud of him🏆

#lastbutnotleast for 2024 this program benefits of a complementary mobility grant awarded by @interimpact a partner of #MAFBI since 2022

Since 2016, in cooperation with @AntiquitieSindh #Chanhudaro #fieldwork includes trainning for students and professionals. 👀The program is #boosted by @FranceinPak & @CampusFrance thanks to the High Level Research Fellowships awarded through #MAFBI 2/2

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🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 The #MAFBI and @ArchZooBota welcome Asma Ayoob Khiljee student at @Aridianvoice and DVM from @SBBUVASPK for a fellowship on the study and curation of archeozoological remains. Research and #capacitybuilding with the support of @FranceinPak #Chanhudaro #Sindh 1/2

For those like me who missed this year's 23rd @EASAA_ArchArt conference, here it is a little
something from #Chanhudaro
#MAFBI #IndusValley #Sindh
Zoomorphic #terracotta figurines from Chanhu-daro @SorbonneParis1

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Ce soir à Lausanne :

🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 #Chanhudaro #MAFBI #Sindh #indusvalleycivilization

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Last week the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin #MAFBI held it's last briefing meeting with DG of Antiquities Mansoor Kanastro @AntiquitieSindh . The outcomes and perspectives of the join fieldwork in #Chanhudaro we're presented 1/2

Honoured to be welcomed by Dr @AzraPechuho.

Thank you for the interest and the community awareness raised towards the work out team develops in #Sindh. 🎉

#MAFBI #Chanhudaro

Pakistan_2020_V2 Cette vidéo traite de Pakistan_2020_V2

As we're starting the third week of the 🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 excavations in #Chanhudaro. Here is a little video of the 2020 season.

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French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin in cooperation with @SindhGovt, @FranceinPak
@PakinFrance, etc...

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Honoured to deliver the #keynote at the #TechXchange international conference in @asa_quest QUEST #Nawabshah.

The work of the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin #MAFBI with @SindhGovt opened up new lines of research and cooperation ( 1/3) #chanhudaro

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L'ouvrage sur l'exposition organisée par la Mission de l'Indus au @MuseeGuimet en 1988 est maintenant disponible en libre accès :
🏦🎊...going #FAIR
#MAI #MAFBI #IndusValley #Balochistan #Punjab #Sindh #OpenAccess

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Thanks to the team the Archives Services of the @MSH_Mondes for welcoming us #MAFBI for a #timetravel though our own history of 🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 (1947/1958....ongoing)and offering their expertise to Saqib Khan of @PeshawarMuseum and @DOAMKP

🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 Many thanks to the @MuseeLouvre #AntiquitésOrientales for this immersive visit and exchange on research and cooperation with Saqib Raza from @DOAMKP and to the team of @PakinFrance for joining us around the #Indus artefacts 🏛️
#MAFBI @PC_Arscan @CampusFrance @FranceinPak

Thank you @Archeonationale for this #InmersiveVisit and support to this 🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 cooperation

Sharing practices on #mediation #recollection and #archives within a national scope of action. #MAN 🏛️
@MSH_Mondes @PC_Arscan
#MAFBI @DOAMKP @FranceinPak

En tant que membre de laMission Archéologique 🇫🇷 du Bassin de l'Indus, J'ai été très honoré de participer à la #8emeRencontreSécurité du @CdCMAE avec notre partenaire @interimpact qui accompagne la #MAFBI pour faire de l'archéologie un vecteur de développement @PC_Arscan

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The French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin #MAFBI works under the aegis of @francediplo and @CNRSshs at @MSH_Mondes - @PC_Arscan

The #MAFBI is happy to launch the Scientific Stay of Saqib Raza, from @PeshawarMuseum and @HU_Officials
Thanks to @MuseeGuimet for being the main host with our team and @PC_Arscan in this inmmersive trainning
#PositivePakistan #Archaeolgy #Heritage
🇨🇵🤝🇵🇰 with: @FranceinPak

The #MAFBI work has benefited from the support of this research infrastructure for almost a decade🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 ... Some of our colleagues and partners in #Pakistan are having a positive impact from it... It is not enough, but it is a good start. #capacitybuilding

#Fieldwork has been conducted since 2015 in cooperation with the @SindhGovt .
#MAFBI | Mission Archéologie Française du bassin de l'Indus @PC_Arscan

Could we use some resilient knowledge to do something about it...? Traditional culture terraces, cooling chambers, and other water management structures? Archaeology and heritage preservation are also part of the solutions. #PositivePakistan
#MAFBI

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📣 The #MAFBI presentation honouring #Pakistan is now available online.
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Archaeology and heritage can provide #climate resilient solutions

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New insights on Urbanism and Architecture of the Indus Valley Civilisation - A. Didier Aurore Didier - "New insights on Urbanism and Architecture of the Early Centuries to the Indus Valley Civilisation. New Data from the 2015-2022 excavations at Chanhu-daro.” May 16th, 2023 Dr. Aurore Didier: Chargée de recherches (CRCN), CNRS – UMR 7041 « ArScAn » Archéologie de l’Asie centrale, responsable du programme « Indus-Balochistan » and Directrice de la «Mission Archéologique Française du Bassin de l’Indus» Since the first excavations at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa a century ago, the Indus Civilisation studies have seen major advances that provided new insights into the settlement patterns, urbanism and architectural developments in the Greater Indus Valley. However, crucial questions on the emergence of the Indus Valley Civilization in the different areas of its territory or its internal evolution over the course of about six hundred years (2600/2500-1900 BCE) still need to be answered. One of the major challenges is indeed to better document the urbanism and the architecture of the early centuries of this civilisation, in particular during the first “Indus period” dated to 2600/2500-2300 BCE. In Sindh, this period is substantiated by quite limited field data due to environmental and/or stratigraphic constraints. For this reason, the French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin (MAFBI) in cooperation with the Culture, Tourism, Archives and Antiquities Department, Government of Sindh, resumed new fieldwork at Chanhu-daro in 2015. This Indus Valley Civilization site, considered as one of its major craft centres specializing in lapidary activities, was discovered by N.G. Majumdar (Archaeological Survey of India) in 1931 and excavated by the first American Archaeological Expedition to India led by E.J.H. Mackay in 1935-36. The fieldwork carried out by the MAFBI mission includes extensive excavations and has exposed over 6,500 square meters of mud-brick architecture, belonging to both residential neighbourhoods and specialized craft quarters dating from the first Indus period. This lecture will present these recent discoveries that have significantly challenged the previous interpretive models of the city foundation and layout.

New insights on Urbanism and Architecture of the Early Centuries to the #Indus Valley Civilisation
A conference by #MAFBI team available here:#Chanhudaro #Harappa #Mohenjodaro #Amri

@PC_Arscan @MSH_Mondes @ArchZooBota

🏛️ 65 🎂│🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 - [1958-2023]

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#GilgitBaltistan a year ago.📸 KSN Exploration and documentation led by Zafar Iqbal...and still much to do.. #Heritage #Archaeology #Development #SDGs #MAFBI

🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 #MAFBI @FranceinPak

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Almost a year after the #floods #MAFBI stills raising awareness on #PakistanHeritage. Here Aurore Didier (@INSHS_CNRS ) at the Assises scientifiques de l'Archéologie with @Academie_IBL
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@francediplo @MinistereCC @PC_Arscan @ArchZooBota

📣Le 6 juin prochain la Mission Archéologique Française du Bassin de l'Indus (Dir. Aurore Didier @INSHS_CNRS )participe aux Assises scientifiques de l'Archéologie, en #France et à l'étranger | @Academie_IBL #MAFBI @MinistereCC @francediplo @PC_Arscan

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Tired and happy after debating on #Heritage preservation and archaeology of Gilgit Baltistan with the #Hunza architect Kashif Essa and @zafariqbal001 from #HazaraUniversity and archaeologist of MAFBI
#MAFBI | @francediplo
@PC_Arscan @MshMondes #gilgitbaltistanpakistan #ArScAn