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Technological aspects of the prehistoric potteryessay 1989 • As, A. van & Jacobs, Loe
Ceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Van As and Jacobs analysized some ceramic sherds to determine firing temperatures, the type of minerals in the clay, and how the pots were manufactured. Most of the same techniques were used in the Late Neolithic and the Halaf period. However, only t...The cultivated and wild plantsessay 1996 • Zeist, Willem van & Waterbolk-van Rooijen, Willemina
Halafian • Middle East > Middle East
Van Zeist and Waterbolk-van Rooijen describe the flora remains. As expected cereals predominate....Plant remains from Tell Sabi Abyadessay 1989 • Zeist, Willem van & Waterbolk-van Rooijen, W.
Ceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Van Zeist and W. Waterbolk-van Rooijen analyzed the floral remains from the tell. They examined 13 samples retrieved from the site; only two of which were from the Late Neolithic. The Late Neolithic samples consist mainly of wheats, barley, and field...Jebel Arudaarticle 1979 • Driel, G. van & Driel-Murray, C. van
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
This is an update on the author's field work in 1974-1975 at the site of Jebel Aruda with much more detailed information on the structures and their contents than were described in Van Driel's previous preliminary report (see eHRAF document Van Driel...The Uruk settlement on Jebel Arudaessay 1980 • Driel, G. van
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
This is a study of the Uruk settlement at Jebel Aruda, a site located in the Khafse district of Syria. Van Driel presents a detailed study of the structural remains of a temple, a 'temple terrace', a building referred to in the text as a 'house', and...Tradition Summaryessay 2010 • Rossum, Peter van
Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > General Middle America and the Caribbean
This is a summary of the Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic Tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic archaeological tradition....The animal remains from Tell Sabi Abyadessay 1989 • Wijngaarden-Bakker, Louise H. van
Ceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Van Wijngaarden-Bakker analyzed the faunal remains from the site. As in other chapters she also regrouped the data into seven phases (G-A) because of the small sample size of the identifiable remains. The data indicate the site had always been a sede...The archaeology of an agave roasting locationessay 1992 • Van Buren, Mary et al.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
Site 205 is a small agave agricultural site containing a few rockpiles and a small roasting pit. Also found were ceramics and some lithics. The site was excavated with the aid of University of Arizona undergraduate field students. The ceramics at the...The incised serekh-signs of Dynasties 0-1essay 1996 • Brink, Edwin C. M. van den
Early Dynastic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
Van den Brink examines and critiques Kaiser's '…sequential development of cylindrical jars as a dating criterion for the various incised SEREKH signs.' (page 140). Van den Brink classifies the jars, based on shape, into four different categories with...Preliminary report on the excavations at Tel Ibrahim Awadessay 1992 • Brink, Edwin C. M. van den
Early Dynastic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
Van den Brink describes the excavations at Tell Ibrahim Awad and compares the findings to Buto and el-Tell el-Iswid. He describes the buildings, stone tools, pottery, and burials. Some photos of the findings are included. As the excavations uncovered...Agricultural potential and carrying capacity in southwestern Colorado, A.D. 901 to 1300essay 1996 • Van West, Carla R. (Carla Rebecca)
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
The research described in this study is based on dendroclimatic data. Its goals are to reconstruct a local expression of high-frequency variation in regional climate, as has been modeled by tree-ring data ...and to observe the effects of this variati...Appendix Cessay 2000 • Hirth, Kenn & Rossum, Peter van
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This appendix is the raw data used in the analyses in chapters 6-9. It includes such things as household number, location, building material used, decorative stonework, local verses imported ceramics, and flaked and ground stone lithic tools....The Late Paleolithic Makhadma sites (Egypt)essay 1989 • Vermeersch, P. M. et al.
Late Paleolithic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
Vermeersch et al. excavated two of the five Makhadma sites. They found stone tools, fish and other faunal remains, hearths, and post holes that may indicate the inhabitants were drying or preserving the fish they were catching. The sites are located ...The calculus of self-interest in the development of cooperationessay 1996 • Kohler, Timothy A. & Van West, Carla R. (Carla Rebecca)
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This study attempts to formulate a new framework for analyzing and predicting the behavior of producers in various contexts of productive shortage and abundance. The authors begin by assuming that nearly all agricultural production among the northern...Maize and the origin of Highland Chavín civilizationarticle 1990 • Burger, Richard L. & Van der Merwe, Nikolaas J.
Chavín • South America > Central Andes
Burger and van der Merwe use stable carbon isotope analysis of 5 individuals from Chavín de Huántar and 2 individuals from Huaricoto to determine the relative amount of maize consumption in the diet. Surprizingly, the consumption of maize did not sig...Excavations at Jenné-Jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali) : 1994 • McIntosh, Susan Keech et al.
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
The Inland Niger Delta (IND) site of Jenné-jeno is one of the longest Iron Age sequences in west Africa (250 B.C.-1400 A.D.), reaching its peak settlement density in 900 A.D. The archaeologists carried out a site survey in 1977 and returned in 1980 t...Egypt during the last interglacial 1993 • Wendorf, Fred et al.
Middle Paleolithic Egypt • Africa > Northern Africa
This large volume describes the fieldwork and findings from the geological and archaeological fieldwork at 17 Middle Paleolithic sites in two deflational basins in the Sahara of southwestern Egypt. Also described are the several dating techniques use...