Jonathan Mark Kenoyer is an American

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 archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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. He earned his Bachelor of Arts

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, Master's, and Doctorate

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 degrees at the University of California, Berkeley

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, finishing in 1983.

Considered one of the world's leading experts on the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization

Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India...

, Dr. Kenoyer is involved in the development of a new center for its study in Gujarat, India, as part of the Global Heritage

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 project. In addition to being a member of the American Anthropological Association

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, he has served as the president of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies since 2005. He is a fluent speaker of Urdu

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, Hindi

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, and Bengali

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.

Publications

Books and Edited Volumes:

• 2010 Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, 2nd, Revised Edition, Oxford University Press and American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Karachi.
• 2010 Ancient India: From the Indus Valley to The Gupta Period. Facts on File, New York.
• 2010 Indus Valley Archaeology: Recent Research and New Directions. Wisconsin Archaeology Reports, Volume 4. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
• 2005 The Ancient South Asian World. By Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Kimberly Heuston. Oxford University Press, New York.
• 1998 Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. Oxford University Press and American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Karachi.
• 1998 Sarang and Jeevai: A coloring book story of the ancient Indus Valley. Oxford University Press, Karachi.
• 1994 From Sumer to Meluhha: Contributions to the Archaeology of South and West Asia in Memory of George F. Dales, Jr. Wisconsin Archaeology Reports, Volume 3. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
• 1989 Old Problems and New Perspectives in the Archaeology of South Asia. Wisconsin Archaeology Reports, Volume 2. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
• 1986 Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan: The Pottery. By George F. Dales and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, University Museum Monograph 53. University Museum, University of Philadelphia.
• 1983 Shell Working Industries of the Indus Civilization: An archaeological and ethnographic perspective. PhD dissertation at University of California-Berkeley.

Articles:

• 2010 Gandharan Cultural Traditions: Context, Chronology and Legacies of the Indus Civilization. In Ancient Punjab, Vol. 1:.
• 2009 Indus Seals: An overview of Iconography and Style. Ancient Sindh 9 (2006-2007): 7-30.
• 2009 What Happened to the Harappans?, ABC-CLIO online Social Studies Database, (http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com)
• 2009 New Evidence for Early Silk in the Indus Civilization. By Irene Good, J. M. Kenoyer and R. H. Meadow. Archaeometry 51(3):457-466.
• 2008 Collaborative Archaeological Research in Pakistan and India: Patterns and Processes. The SAA Archaeological Record, 8(3):12-20.
• 2008 What is it, Reading the Clues, What’s New, Face to Face with History. In Ingenuity along the Indus: Birth of a civilization, edited by Rosalie F. Baker and Charles F. Baker. Calliope 18(5).
• 2005 Steatite and faience manufacturing at Harappa: New evidence from Mound E excavations 2000-2001. Museum Journal. III-IV (Jan - Dec 2002): 43-56.
• 2005 Uncovering the keys to the Lost Indus Cities. Scientific American. 15(1): 24-33.
• 2004 Chronology and interrelations between Harappa and Central Asia. Journal of the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology. 5: 38-45.
• 2003 Uncovering the keys to the lost Indus Cities. Scientific American. July: 67-75.
• 2001 Early developments of art, symbol and technology in the Indus Valley Tradition. INDO-KOKO-KENKYU. 22: 1-18.
• 2001 Recent discoveries and highlights from excavations at Harappa: 1998-2000. by R. H. Meadow and J. M. Kenoyer. INDO-KOKO-KENKYU. 22: 19-36.
• 2000 The Indus Valley mystery. by R. H. Meadow and J. M. Kenoyer. Discovering Archaeology, April 2000, pp. 38-43.
• 1999 Harappa in 3D: A powerful new tool rebuilds the past in the Indus Valley. Discovering Archaeology. March/April: 89-93. By Wayne R. Belcher, A. Keith Turner and J. Mark Kenoyer.
• 1998 Seals and Sculpture of the Indus Cities. Minerva 9(2): 19-24.
• 1998 Craft Traditions of the Indus Civilization and their Legacy in Modern Pakistan. Lahore Museum Bulletin. Vol. IX(2) 1996:1-8.
• 1997 Trade and Technology of the Indus Valley: new insights from Harappa, Pakistan. World Archaeology 29(2):262-280.
• 1997 New Inscribed Objects From Harappa. J. M. Kenoyer and R. H. Meadow. Lahore Museum Bulletin Vol. IX(1) 1996:1-20.
• 1996 Antique bead and ornament replicas from South Asia: An alternative to antique bead collecting and the destruction of global cultural heritage. Ornament. 20(2): 68-71.
• 1996 The Ancient City of Harappa. Asian Art and Culture. A. M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Spring 1996: pp. 85-99.
• 1995 Ideology and Legitimation in the Indus State as revealed through Public and Private Symbols. The Archaeological Review, 4(1&2): 87-131.
• 1994 Harappan Technology: Methodological and Theoretical Issues. Bhan, K. K., M. Vidale and J. M. Kenoyer. Man and Environment 19(1-2): 141-157.
• 1994 Faience Ornaments of Harappa and the Indus Civilization. Ornament 17(3):35-39,95.
• 1992 La civiltà della Valle dell¹Indo. M. Vidale and J. M. Kenoyer. ARCHEO., Anno VII, 9(91) September : 54-99. Rome, Italy
• 1992 Stratigraphic complexities and recording of archaeological sites: Models from recent excavations at Harappa. Journal of Pakistan Archaeologists Forum. 1(1):1-24.
• 1992 A new look at stone drills of the Indus Valley Tradition by J. M. Kenoyer and M. Vidale. In Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology, III, Vol. 267. Edited by P. Vandiver, J. R. Druzick, G. S. Wheeler and I. Freestone. Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, pp. 495-519.
• 1992 Lapis lazuli bead making in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ornament, 15(3): 71-73.
• 1992 Ornament Styles of the Indus Valley Tradition: Evidence from recent excavations at Harappa. Pakistan. Paléorient. 17(2) - 1991: 79-98.
• 1991 The Indus Valley Tradition of Pakistan and Western India. Journal of World Prehistory 5(4): 331-385.
• 1991 Contemporary stone beadmaking in Khambhat, India: patterns of craft specialization and organization of production as reflected in the archaeological record. World Archaeology. 23(1): 44-63. By J. M. Kenoyer, M. Vidale and K. K. Bhan.
• 1991 Harappan craft specialization and the question of urban segregation and stratification. Eastern Anthropologist. 44(3-4).
• 1990 Harappa Excavations 1988. By G.F. Dales and J. M. Kenoyer. Pakistan Archaeology 24: 68-176
• 1988 Traditional Indian Potters at the Smithsonian. Expedition Vol. 29(3): 55-63, by Marilyn P. Beaudry, J. M. Kenoyer and Rita P. Wright.
• 1988 Recent Developments in the Study of the Indus Civilization. The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol. 41(1): 65-76.
• 1987 The Indus Civilization: Unfathomed Depths of South Asian Culture. Wisconsin Academy Review Vol. 33(2):22-26.
• 1986 The Indus Bead Industry and Its Contribution to Bead Technology. Ornament, 10(1):18-23.
• 1984 Nageshwar, A Mature Harappan Shell Working Site on the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat. Oriental Institute. M.S.U. Baroda Vol. 33(3-4):67-80, by Kuldeep K. Bhan and J. M. Kenoyer.
• 1984 Shell Working Industries of the Indus Civilization; A Summary. Paléorient 10(1):49-63.
• 1983 An Upper Palaeolithic Shrine in India? Antiquity Vol. LVII:88-94. by J. M. Kenoyer, J. D. Clark, J. N. Pal and G. R. Sharma.
• 1983 Nageshwar: An Industrial Centre of the Chalcolithic Period. Puratattva, No. 12, 1980-81:115-120 by Kuldeep K. Bhan and J. M. Kenoyer.
• 1977 Shell working at ancient Balakot, Pakistan. Expedition. 19(2): 13-19. by G. F. Dales and J. M. Kenoyer

External links

• Bibliography at Harappa.com