| Kanmer | |
| Settlement Type: | Archeological site |
| Pushpin Map: | India |
| Coordinates: | 23.4179°N 70.8634°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Kutch |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
| Timezone: | Indian Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +5.30 |
Kanmer, locally known as Bakar Kot, is an archaeological site belonging to Indus Valley civilization, located in Rapar Taluk, Kutch District, Gujarat, India.[1] [2]
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.[3]
The site was strongly fortified despite being small, perhaps because it may have been located on trade route between Sindh and Saurashtra.[3]
Rich ceramic assemblage, representing the Mature Harappan culture was found at this site.[3] Three clay seals with central holes, making them pendants, with Indus scripts were found.[4] A large number of bead-making goods - 150 stone beads and roughouts, 160 drill bits, 433 faience beads and 20,000 steatite beads - were found here, indicating the site's importance as an industrial unit. Agate quarries were also located at a distance of 20km (10miles) from the site.[5]
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.
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.