Verified27.5000° N · 65.4000° E · 900 m
Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field
Bronze Age (2500–1500 BCE)·Baloch megalithic·🇵🇰 Balochistan, Pakistan
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About Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field
Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Bronze Age (2500–1500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Baloch megalithic. Cairn field 200 cairns with slab cists on Raskoh spur of Siahan Range. Raskoh Cairn field with Harappan pottery and Zhob figurines.
Why it mattersKey Baloch megalithic site informing Central Asian prehistory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Metallurgy evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance trade route
- 02Urbanism genesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2000 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (2500–1500 BCE)
- Culture
- Baloch megalithic
- Purpose
- Cairn field 200 cairns with slab cists on Raskoh spur of Siahan Range
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
27.5000° N · 65.4000° E · 900 m · 4 mapped features
- Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field — Main Cairn CirclecairnPrincipal cairn ring27.5001° N · 65.4001° E
- Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field — CistcistCist burial inside cairn27.4998° N · 65.4002° E
- Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field — AlignmentalignmentRow alignment27.5004° N · 65.3998° E
- Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field — Storage AnnexstorageStorage building27.4996° N · 65.3999° E