This project was supported by National Geographic Grant (2015). Our project focused on ancient human remains discovered at Rakhigarhi site (Haryana, N29°17′52.9″/E76°06′51″), one of the most famous Harappan city ruins discovered so far. We excavated multiple localities of Rakhigarhi cemetery, finding a total of 53 graves at the site, acquiring invaluable data for the research of Harappan civilization once prospered in Indian subcontinent. Our achievements entailed 1) gross-anthropological, 2) paleoparasitological, and 3) craniofacial reconstruction. In this project, we assessed various physical or pathological traits of human skeletal remains from Rakhigarhi cemetery, also reporting some rare findings such as a cranial traumatic injury or a young couple’s grave etc. We also conducted craniofacial reconstruction of the Rakhigharhi individuals as well, which could not be tried in any previous Harappan researches to date.
