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1927–2017 England

Bridget Allchin (10 February 1927 – 27 June 2017) was an archaeologist who specialised in South Asian archaeology. She published books, some co-authored with her husband, Raymond Allchin (1923–2010).

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Archreological evidence ... both in Iran and India and Pakistan...indeed it almost always lacks any clear hallmarks to establish its originators as Indo-Europeans.

No support for the entry of ‘Aryan’ populations [in India] is found in physical anthropological data (Petraglia & Allchin 2007)

Their [the Aryans] presence should therefore be in evidence archaeologically… But as yet it is scarcely attested in the archaeological record presumably because their material culture and lifestyle were already indistinguishable from those of the existing population.

Nomadic herdsmen form an important element of rural life in India and Pakistan today, including the old province of Harappan culture.
There is every reason to suppose that they did so in Harappan times, and that they played an important part in the economy and organization of the Harappan world.

Bridget Allchin (1977)

Bridget and Raymond Allchin inform us about the early phase of Mundigak I: "Some characteristic painted designs are similar to those of Kili Ghul Mohammad II [north Baluchistan] and Anj ira I [upper south Baluchistan]."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bridget Allchin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.