essay
New biological data for the Natufian populations in Israel
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 411-422
By: Belfer-Cohen, Anna, Schepartz, L. A., Arensburg, Baruch.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Belfer-Cohen, Schepartz, and Arensburg present 'some new data that enlarges the studied skeletal sample of Natufians….[They] analyze 1) the basic demographic parameters of the sites, 2) the level of variablitity in the collections … and 3) incidence of pathology and health status indicators.' (page 411). They assess the biological changes over time by dividing the samples into Early, Intermediate and Late Natufian.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Physiological data
- Gender roles and issues
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- Natufian
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel, Jordan, and Palestinian Autonomous Areas
- NotesAdditional notes
- A. Belfer-Cohen, L. A. Schepartz, B. Arensburg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-424)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities