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The Harifian of the southern Levant

natufian culture in the levantAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1991 • Pages: 173-213

By: Goring-Morris, A. Nigel.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Goring-Morris summarizes the Harifian, a sub-tradition of the Epipaleolithic that was located in the Negev and Sinai. 'The present paper is intended to provide a brief overview of the current status of the Harifian from the perspectives of palaeo-environmental setting, geographical range, chronology, traditions concerning the material remains, and models of the subsistence adaptations.' (page 173).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
Identification
Geography
Land use
Settlement patterns
Diet
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
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
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Harifian; 10,600 BP-10,100 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Egypt and Israel
NotesAdditional notes
Nigel Goring-Morris
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-216)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Middle East--Antiquities