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The Thar desert Was previously considered as a •no-man's land'. however, continuous researches Of
more than one decade have not only changed the concept but has proved that it was ouyupied since
Mesolithic period (c. 12000-501K' BCE). It has geography with multiple resource niches and permanent
water source of the dried) River Hakra. In the past, after crossing through the desert portion, it
into a small alluvial valley ellled as Nara Valley in due south and then took skirts of the desert
and merged into the Arabian Sea. This river is now dried leaving behind several traces Of empty
and the lakes; some Of which have bccn dried creating an alluvial valley suitable for
agriallture. Combination of these geographical niches provides diversity of subsistence resourcTs
preferred to by both animals and the inhabitants. Nevertheless, people did not abandon the region
completely and use to live there till today. How did they live? Where did they establish their
settlements? What activities they conduct and what is the scale of their social complexity? nesc are
some basic questions that are focusscd in this paper. The explanations are madc through two
fundamental approaches (a) cthnoarchacology (b) spatial analysis (Ebert 1979; Watson 1979; Lees
1979; Kramer 1979; Thomas2001; Hodder 1987).
QASID HUSAIN MALLAH , MUMTAZ H. TALPUR . (2011) Spatial Analysis of the Contemporary Settlement Pattern in the Thar Desert: An Ethnoarchaeological Investigation, Pakistan Heritage, Volume 3, Issue 1.
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