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A Harappan ‘snarling iron’ from Chanhu daro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul Yule
Paul Yule*
Affiliation:
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Am Bergbaumuseum 28, 4630 Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

The re-discovery and recognition of a snarling iron, a delightfully named metal-workers' tool, adds another aspect to knowledge of Harappan technological skills.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 234 , March 1988, pp. 116 - 118
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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