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'''Oriyo Timbo''' is an archeological site belonging to [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] located in [[Bhavnagar]] District, [[Gujarat]] State, [[India]]. The site, located {{Convert|70|km|mi}} from [[Rojdi]], another Indus Valley site, measures {{Convert|4|ha|acres}}.<br />
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==Excavation==<br />
The excavation at this site was undertaken by Gujarat State Department of Archeology and University Museum of University of Pennsylvania.<br />
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===Archaeobotanical investigations===<br />
Evidence of early agricultural activities were found at this site belonging to Harappan period. Oriyo Timbo has undergone extensive [[Archaeobotany|archaeobotanical]] investigations<ref name=reddy>{{Cite journal |last=Reddy |first=Seetha Narayana |year=1992 |title=Archaeobotanical Investigations at Oriyo Timbo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82ziAAAAMAAJ&q=oriyo+timbo |journal=Paléorient |volume=18 |issue=2 |page=173 |access-date=20 July 2012}}</ref> and Seetha Narayana Reddy has found significant agricultural practices at this site. Significant find include Millet (ragi)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Raval |first1=M. H. |last2=Possehl |first2=Gregory |last3=Chitalwala |first3=L. Y. M. (contributions) |year=1989 |title=Harappan Civilization and Rojdi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtgUAAAAIAAJ&dq=Oriyo+timbo&pg=PA175 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Oxford & IBH Pub. Co. |page=175 |isbn=9788120404045}}</ref><br />
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==Findings==<br />
Multiple [[Archaeological layer|strata]] at the site evinced two periods of occupation: an earlier period evidenced by [[Microlith|microlithic]] tools and ceramics, and a later period characterized by [[Lustrous Red Ware]] (an important ceramic of the post-urban phase of this area).<ref name=gregory>{{cite book |last1=Possehl |first1=Gregory L. |author2=Junker, Laura L. |year=2002 |chapter=Harappans and Hunters |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IAUKE7xv_cC&dq=oriyo%20timbo&pg=PA70 |editor1-last=Morrison |editor1-first=Kathleen D. |editor2-last=Junker |editor2-first=Laura Lee |title=Forager-traders in South and Southeast Asia: Long Term Histories |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IAUKE7xv_cC&dq=oriyo+timbo&pg=PA70 |edition=[Online-Ausg.] |location=Cambridge [u.a.] |publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press |pages=70, 71 |isbn=9780521016360}}</ref> [[Gregory Possehl]] states that "Oriyo Timbo also produced some [[Radiocarbon dating|radio carbon date]]s for the micro lithic occupation (Rissman and Chitawala 1990) which indicate that this can be dated to the entire third millennium, possibly extending as far back in time as c. 3700 BC" and [[hunter-gatherer]]s were present in this area at the time when [[Lothal]] was occupied.<ref name=gregory/><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Babar Kot]]<br />
* [[Desalpur]]<br />
* [[Pabumath]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=6IAUKE7xv_cC&q=Baluchistan%2C+Sindh+Punjab%2C Location of Harappan Sites including Oriyo timbo]<br />
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[[Category:Bhavnagar district]]<br />
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[[Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]<br />
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