Book
The Halaf period in northern Mesopotamia
Nabu Publications • London • Published In 1997 • Pages: 159 , 94, [114] of plates
By: Hijjara, Ismail H..
Abstract
Hijjara writes about his excavations at Arpachiyah, the first reinvestigation since Mallowan excavated there in 1933, and his findings from his survey of sites in northern Iraq. The survey allows him to discuss settlement patterns for Halafian sites and how Arpachiyah is different from other contemporary Halafian villages. Arpachiyah has the longest sequences of any Halfian site, has unique ritual artifacts, and has a range of stratified ceramics for the Halaf period. Hijjara discusses the ceramics in detail with numerous plates of the ceramics provided.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2006
- Field Date
- 1976, 1977
- Coverage Date
- Halaf period; 6930±60 BP- 6110±116 BP (5985 BC-5240 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Arpachiyah, Iraq
- Notes
- Ismail Hijjara
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-159) and index
- Revision of the author's 1980 London Institute of Archaeology dissertation
- LCSH
- Halaf culture--Iraq
- Neolithic period--Iraq
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq
- Iraq--Antiquities