essay
Natufian in the Central Béqaa Valley, Lebanon
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 43-78
By: Schroeder, Bruce.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Schroeder briefly describes the field work at two Natufian sites in the Béqaa Valley: Saaïdé II and Ain Choaab. Ain Choaab was discovered during survey and has not been excavated. Saaïdé II was excavated and Schroeder gives extensive descriptions of the stratigraphy and post depositional processes involved in the four test trenches. He describes the stone tools found and briefly mentions the bone tools.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Lithic industries
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- 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
- 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; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969, 1970, 1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Natufian
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saaïdé II and Ain Choaab, Béqaa Valley, Lebanon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bruce Schroeder
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities