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Investigations of plant remains preserved on epipalaeolithic sites in the Near East
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 391-397
By: Colledge, Sue.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Colledge outlines some of the problems inherent in archaeobotanical investigation and at Wadi Hammeh 27 in particular. She then goes on to discuss plant use among the modern Bedouin in the Sinai and Negev as a comparison to Natufians in the same area. She points out how few plant species of those used can be expected to be found in the remnants of a camp fire and how all seeds found should not assume to have been a food source. Colledge then gives guidelines to follow for maximum recovery of botanical remains.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Flora
- Comparative evidence
- 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.
- Archaeobotanist
- 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
- 1984
- 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)
- Wadi Hammeh 27 and Wadi Jilat 6; Jordan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan M. Colledge
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-398)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Middle East--Antiquities