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Bone implements from Hayonim Cave: some relevant issues

natufian culture in the levantAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1991 • Pages: 459-465

By: Campana, Douglas V..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Campana comments on the function of the bone bipoints called gorgets, the use of abrasion verses shaving to make bone implements, and the meaning of the decorative motifs found on the bone hafts. He used a sample of the bone artifacts from Hayonim Cave for analysis and compared the sample to other sites in Israel.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Bone, horn, and shell technology
Weapons
General tools
Miscellaneous hardware
Visual arts
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
Natufian
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Hayonim Cave, Israel
NotesAdditional notes
Douglas V. Campana
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-466)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Middle East--Antiquities