The first in a series of fall term 2014 presentations by the students of FYS 158 (First Year Seminar: Archaeology of Sustainability) on the topic of sustainability.

1. 
SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN
By Summer Novak

2. ANCIENT INDIA
 Indus River Valley
 1,500 cities
 Discovered in 1920s
 Complex language: Indus
Script
 400-600 symbols
http://humshehri.org/history/indus-https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient- valley-civilization/
india

3. INDUS RIVER VALLEY
CITIES
 Water wells
 Drainage systems
 Main roads and grid systems
 No great structures
FARMING
 Majority of populations
 Domesticated plants
 Melon
 Wheat
 Peas
 Dates
 Sesame seeds
 Cotton
http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_2007_dholavira.asp

4. THE GREAT BATH
 20 x 40 x 10 ft3
 Public pool and
water tank
 Lined with bitumen
 Religious site
https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india

5. CAUSES OF DECLINE
 Climate change
 Aftermath of earthquakes
 Attack of a foreign civilization
http://asianetindia.com/town-planning-in-indus-valley-civilization/
http://pragati.nationalinterest.in/2013/02/what-caused-the-decline-of-
harappa/

6. LEGACY
TRADITIONAL COOLING SYSTEMS
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/architect-uses-ancient-techniques-
cool-modern-building-india.html

7. Pearl Academy of Fashion
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/28/world/asia/ancient-air-conditioning-architecture/index.html

8. SOURCES
 http://humshehri.org/history/indus-valley-civilization
 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/28/world/asia/ancient-air-conditioning-architecture/
index.html
 https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india
 http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/architect-uses-ancient-techniques-
cool-modern-building-india.html