Juna Khatiya site

• Since 2018, archaeologists have discovered 500 graves at the site of Juna Khatiya.

ABOUT JUNA KHATIYA

• Juna Khatiya is an Early Harappan burial site located about 30 km from Lakhpat in Kutch district, Gujarat.
• The burial site, spread over 16 hectares in a Kutch village, is considered to be the largest pre-urban Harappan cemetery.
• The burials discovered at this site date from 3,200 BCE to 2,600 BCE, predating Dholavira—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—and several other Harappan sites in the state.
• The site is important because others like Dholavira have a cemetery in and around the town, but no major habitation has been discovered near Juna Khatiya.
• The site demonstrates the transition from earth-mound burials to stone graves.
• Significant Findings
  • Burial structures are made of dressed sandstone and most of them are rectangular in plan followed by oval or circular ones.
  • Painting on Reserved Slip Ware jar is peculiar feature noticed.

Another distinctive feature includes beakers and other smaller vessels, found within large vessels