essay
Introduction
early stages in the evolution of mesopotamian civilization: soviet excavations in northern iraq • Tucson • Published In 1993 • Pages: 1-6
By: Yoffee, Norman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Yoffee provides an introductory chapter to eHRAF documents nos. 11-19. The book this forms is composed of English translations of Soviet archaeology of neolithic sites in northern Iraq. In this document Yoffee explains how he learned of these publications, why he had them published in English, and what is the importance of each chapter.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ceramic Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Aceramic Neolithic-Chalcolithic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iraq and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Norman Yoffee
- Spine title: Early Mesopotamian civilization
- Translations of papers originally published in Soviet journals 1973-1989
- For bibliographical references see document 9: Yoffee and Clark
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93003129
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Iraq/Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq/Iraq--Antiquities