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1、ESSAIVolume8Article214-1-2011IndusValleyCivilization:Enigmatic,Exemplary,andUndecipheredChariseJoyJavonilloCollegeofDuPageFollowthisandadditionalworksat:http://dc.cod.edu/essaiRecommendedCitationJavonillo,ChariseJoy(2010)"IndusValleyCivilization:Enigmatic,Exemplary,a
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3、.Formoreinformation,pleasecontactkoteles@cod.edu.Javonillo:IndusValleyCivilizationIndusValleyCivilization:Enigmatic,Exemplary,andUndecipheredbyChariseJoyJavonillo(Anthropology1120)IntroductionmongthefourgreatancientcivilizationsoftheOldWorld,theIndusValleyCivilizatio
4、n(IVC)hasthedistinctionofbeingthemostenigmaticofthisnotablegroup(KenoyerandAMeadow,2000).Mindfuloftheinevitablecomparisonstoitsbetterrepresented,recorded,andstudiedWesterncontemporariesMesopotamiaandEgypt,fourmajorcomparableaspectsoftheIndusValleywillbepresentedanddi
5、scussedinthisreview.Beginningwithsettlementpatterns,specialattentionispaidtoHarappaandMohenjo-Daroandspecificallytotheurbanlayoutofthesetwoexemplarycities.SecondistheIndus’sphereofinfluenceassuggestedbypossibleinteractionwithMesopotamia,includingmotifsfoundinartworka
6、ndseals.NextisasynthesisanddiscussionaboutthecurrentdebateovertheIndusValleyscriptanditsdecipherment.Lastly,possibletheoriesarereviewedregardingthecollapseanddisappearanceoftheIVC.Byfocusingonthestandardcomponentsofurbanization,expansion,interaction,language,anddecli
7、nethatareattributedtothetrajectoryofancientcultures,itishopedthattheuniquenessoftheIVCbecomesevidentandinvitesfurtherdiscussionandinvestigation.DiscoveryThestoryoftheancientIndusValleyCivilizationdevelopedgradually.Itdoesnotenterthearchaeologicalrecorduntil1924whenSi
8、rJohnMarshallbeganexcavationsatHarappa.AwarenessofHarappanremainshowever,goesbacktothenineteenthcentury.MostnotableareCharlesMasson
