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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Akkermans, Peter M. M. G.
Title:
Research objectives and strategy
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Excavations at tell Sabi Abyad: Prehistoric investigations in the Balikh Valley, northern Syria, edited by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans
Published By: Original publisher
Excavations at tell Sabi Abyad: Prehistoric investigations in the Balikh Valley, northern Syria, edited by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans
Oxford: B.A.R.. 1989. 1-9 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
By Peter M. M. G. Akkermans
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2009. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Ceramic Neolithic (M087)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results (121);
Identification (101);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Akkermans writes about his research objectives for the Balikh valley and the excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad in particular. Akkermans also writes about previos research in the valley. Only the data that pertain to the Ceramic Neolithic were marked for OCM codes (Outline of Cultural Materials codes).
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
21
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
m087-021
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
for bibliographical references see document 20:Akkermans
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1983, 1984, 1986
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Archaeologist-4, 5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Sarah Berry; 2008
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
Prepottery Neolithic-Late Chalcolithic; 9000 BP-5000 BP (7000 BC-3000 BC)
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Balikh valley, northern Syria
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Neolithic period--Syria/Syria--Antiquities
