Book
The north Syrian Late Epipaleolithic: the earliest occupation at Tell Abu Hureyra in the context of the Levantine Late Epipaleolithic
B.A.R. • Oxford • Published In 1986 • Pages: xii, 267
By: Olszewski, Deborah.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Olszewski examined various stone tool collections from Tell Abu Hureyra and other sites to determine whether sites in northern Syria were similar enough to be designated as Natufian or whether they should be given another name. The majority of this work describes the stone tools and her analysis of them. Olszewski writes a historical summary of the previous research into the Natufian and reviews the Kebaran, Geometric Kebaran, Mushabian, and Harifian traditions. She also briefly describes the Epipaleolithic developments in the Zagros foothills, areas south of the Caspian Sea, and from sites in Turkey. As she uses uncalibrated radiocarbon dates (and designates them as b.c.) to date the various Epipaleolithic traditions, her dates appear to be later than other authors in the M080 file although they aren't.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Weapons
- Cultural participation
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Epipaleolithic
- 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
- Book
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Natufian; approximately 12,500 BP-10,300 BP (10,500 b.c.-8,300 b.c. uncalibrated)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Levant; Egypt, Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Deborah Olszewski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86231736
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mesolithic period--Syria/Mesolithic period--Palestine/Stone implements--Syria/Abu Hureyra, Tall (Syria)/Syria--Antiquities/Palestine--Antiquities