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Settlement patterns and material culture of the Akkadian period: continuity and discontinuity

akkad : the first world empire : structure, ideology, traditions5Published In 1993 • Pages: 91-106

By: Nissen, Hans Jörg.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is basically divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with the cultural changes that have taken place in the society from Early Dynastic III to the Akkadian period involving the change from the city states to the central state, with particular reference to the governing political ideology. Part 2 of this study discusses changes in the material culture from the Early Dynastic III to the Akkadian period. This section discusses art, architecture, pottery, settlements, stelae, seals, and seal designs.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Historical reconstruction
Property in movables
Visual arts
Writing
Water supply
Ingroup antagonisms
Settlement patterns
Sociocultural trends
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Akkadian
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
John Beierle; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
4334-4113 BP (2334-2113 BC)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Akkadian Period, Mesopotamia:Current countries are Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran
NotesAdditional notes
Hans J. Nissen
Proceedings of the Conference 'Akkad. Il primo impero universale: strutture, ideologia, tradizioni' held at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on December 5th to 7th, 1990
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
95100216
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Akkadians/Iraq History To 634