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Wadi Hammeh 27: an early Natufian site at Pella, Jordan
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 123-147
By: Edwards, Phillip C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Edwards describes the excavations at the site of Wadi Hammeh 27, an open-air Natufian site. He also describes the geomorphology and paleoenvironment, the stratigraphy, the architectural features of the site, the artifacts and their distributions, the faunal and floral remains, and the human remains. Artifacts included ground and incised stone, flaked stone, bone artifacts (which include six almost complete sickle hafts), shell artifacts, and stone artifacts made from basalt, a material exotic to Wadi al-Hammeh).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Architecture
- Geography
- Processing of basic materials
- Tools and appliances
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ornament
- 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
- 1983-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Natufian; 11,950±160 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Wadi Hammeh 27, Pella, Jordon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Phillip C. Edwards
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities