essay

The early agricultural settlement of Tell Sotto

early stages in the evolution of mesopotamian civilization: soviet excavations in northern iraqTucsonPublished In 1993 • Pages: 41-54

By: Bader, N. O. (Nikolai Ottovich).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Bader describes the excavations and findings from Tell Sotto and compares the artifacts with ones from Jarmo to arrive at an approximate date for the site and to point out the cultural similarities and continuities. The site also has similarities with early Hassunan sites. He describes the architecture, ceramics, and lithics for the site.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Cultural participation
Architecture
Processing of basic materials
Chronologies and culture sequences
Sociocultural trends
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
5: Excellent Primary 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
1971, 1973, 1974
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
early Ceramic Neolithic
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tell Sotto, Iraq
NotesAdditional notes
N. O. Bader
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