essay
Organic materials
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 295-299
By: Oates, Joan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Oates describes the various organic materials and objects found. Among them are an ivory figurine, an ivory handle, and three ivory bowl fragments. Shell artifacts include ornaments and a carved bead. Local bivalves were used for food and mother of pearl inlay. Bone tools include awls, needles, inlay, spindle whorls, and horn cores. Bitument helped provide proof of baskets and leather bags. Cloth impressions were found on seal impressions and as mineralized textile on the surfaces of metal tools.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Visual arts
- Ornament
- Utensils
- Mats and basketry
- Special deposits
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1993 (14 field seasons)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4400 BP-3950 BP (2400 BC-1950 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tell Brak, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joan Oates
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00303945
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities