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Archaeologists generally use the following strategies to find out the social and economic differences amongst people living within a particular culture in Harappan Civilisation. 1. Burials: At burials in Harappan sites the dead were laid in pits which were made in different ways like the hollowed out spaces were lined with bricks. Some graves contained pottery and ornaments, indicating a belief that these could be used in the afterlife. Jewellery has been found in burials of both men and women. An ornament consisting of three shell rings, a jasper bead and hundreds of micro-beads was found near the skull of a male was found in excavations at the cemetery in Harappa in the mid. 1980?s. Dead were also found burned with copper mirrors in some cases. 2. Luxuries: Objects of daily use made of ordinary materials like stone or clay which were querns, pottery, needles, flesh - rubbers were usually found distributed throughout settlements. Archaeologists also found out objects which were rare and made of costly, non-local materials or complicated technologies. Thus, little pots of faience were considered precious as they were difficult to make. The distribution of rare artefacts of valuable materials were concentrated in large settlements like Mohenjodaro and Harappa and rarely found in the smaller settlements. For example, miniature pots of faience, used as perfume bottles, were found in Mohenjodaro and Harappa and there were none from small settlements like Kalibangan. Thus, the findings of the above artefacts prove that there were social and economic differences in Harappan culture.
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