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'''Kanmer''', locally known as '''Bakar Kot''', is an archaeological site belonging to [[Indus Valley civilization]], located in Rapar Taluk, [[Kutch District]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/25jun2011/1833.pdf |title=Archaeobotany and archaeology at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat: evidence for adaptation in response to climatic variability |last1=Pokharia |first1=Anil K. |last2=Kharakwal |first2=Jeewan Singh |last3=Rawat |first3=R. S. |last4=Osada|first4=Toshiki |last5=Nautiyal |first5=C. M. |last6=Srivastava |first6=Alka |date=25 June 2011 |work=Current Science, Vol. 100, No. 12 |accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230734615|title=Archaeobotany and archaeology at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat: Evidence for adaptation in response to climatic variability (PDF Download Available)|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref>

==Excavation==
Indo-Japanese joint excavation at Kanmer was undertaken during 2006 by Institute of Rajasthan Studies, RIHN, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Archeology Department, Gujarat and Japanese team.<ref name=osada>{{cite book|editor-last=Osada|editor-first=Toshiki |title=Indus civilization : Text and Context|year=2006|publisher=Manohar Publisher|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788173046827|pages=9–11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-ZtAAAAMAAJ|edition=Revised and enlarged |accessdate=11 July 2012}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The site was strongly fortified despite being small, perhaps because it may have been located on trade route between [[Sindh]] and [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]].<ref name=osada/>

==Findings==
Rich ceramic assemblage, representing the Mature Harappan culture was found at this site.<ref name=osada/> Three clay seals with central holes, making them pendants, with Indus scripts were found.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harappa.com/blog/ancient-indus-passports|title=Ancient Indus Passports?|website=www.harappa.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> A large number of bead-making goods — 150 stone beads and roughouts, 160 drill bits, 433 [[faience]] beads and 20,000 [[Soapstone|steatite]] beads — were found here, indicating the site's importance as an industrial unit. [[Agate]] quarries were also located at a distance of {{convert|20|km|mi}} from the site.<ref name=antiq>{{cite web |title=Redefining the Harappan Hinterland|url=http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/agrawal323/|first1=D. P. |last1=Agrawal |first2=J. S. |last2=Kharakwal |first3=Y. S. |last3=Rawat |first4=T. |last4=Osada |first5=Pankaj |last5=Goyal|publisher=Antiquity.ac.uk|accessdate=10 July 2012}}</ref>

==Importance==
The figures appearing on clay seals and their similarity with those of [[Mohenjo-daro]] indicate Kanmer's association with bigger trade centres like [[Harappa]] and Mohenjo-daro.<ref name=antiq />

==References==
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==Further reading==
KHARAKWAL, J.S., Y.S. RAWAT & T. OSADA.(2008) Preliminary observations on the excavation at Kanmer, Kachchh, India, in T. Osada & A. Uesugi (ed.) Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human past (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Occasional Paper 5): 5-24. Kyoto: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.

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[[Category:Geography of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indus Valley civilisation sites]]

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