essay

The flint and obsidian artifacts of Tell Sabi Abyad

excavations at tell sabi abyad: prehistoric investigations in the balikh valley, northern syria • Oxford • Published In 1989 • Pages: 237-284

By: Copeland, L. (Lorraine).

Abstract

Copeland describes the lithic artifacts from the Late Neolithic, Transitional, and Halaf periods. She compares the tools found to those in the northern Levant and Cilicia. Most of the same techniques and materials were used in the Late Neolithic through to the Halaf period. However, only the data that pertain to the Ceramic Neolithic (here termed Late Neolithic and Transitional Period) were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials)subjects. The data on the Halaf lithics were not indexed for (Outline of Cultural Materials)subjects as there is a separate eHRAF collection on Halaf (M086).

HRAF PubDate

2009

Region

Middle East

Sub Region

Middle East

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2008

Field Date

1986

Coverage Date

Late Neolithic and Early Halaf; 7300 BP-7000 BP(5300 BC-5000 BC)

Coverage Place

Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria

Notes

By Lorraine Copeland

The data that pertain to the Ceramic Neolithic and the transitional strata were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials )subjects (Outline of Cultural Materials codes). The Halaf ceramics were not marked for OCM subjects as there is a separate eHRAF collection on Halaf (M086).

for bibliographical references see document 20:Akkermans

LCSH

Neolithic period--Syria/Syria--Antiquities