Question

What is the name of the archaeologist who discovered Mehrgarh.

Answer 1

Hint: The site of Mehrgarh is situated in modern day Pakistan. It was discovered by a French archaeologist, and depicts a typical archaeological tell site.

Complete answer:
The site of Mehrgarh was discovered by a French archaeologist, Jean Francois Jarrige. The archaeological site of Mehrgarh comprise of a number of low archaeological mounds in the Kachi plain of Baluchistan, near to the entrance of the Bolan Pass, in modern day Pakistan. It is the first known Neolithic site in the northwest Indian subcontinent that was consistently occupied in the middle of around 7000 to 2600 BC. The site shows early signs of farming (wheat and barley), herding (cattle, sheep, and goats) and metallurgy.

It is also at this site of Mehrgarh, at its foot, that the clues of the Indus Valley Civilsation or Harappan Civilisation, the first civilisation of India, were found. Before the discovery of Mehrgarh, most scholars thought that the Harappans had their ancestors either in the Mesopotamian or the Elamite civilisations to the West, but the discovery of Mehrgarh put an end to this supposition.

Note: At the site of Mehrgarh, archaeologists found the earliest-known remains of the first farmers in South Asia. The excavations disclosed 8 phases or periods, of which the most significant ones are Periods 1-4. The site of Mehrgarh depicts a typical archaeological tell site, that is an artificial mound formed by generations of overlapping mudbrick structures.