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Art and decoration of the Natufian at Nahal Oren
natufian culture in the levant • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 557-567
By: Noy, Tamar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Noy describes the decorative art from Nahal Oren and compares it to other sites in the Mount Carmel area. The decorative art described is found on pendants, shaft straighteners, bowls, and sickle handles, and are made of bone or stone. There is a brief description of the excavations and their findings from Nahal Oren.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Cultural participation
- Identification
- 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
- Kebaran-Natufian
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel and Palestinian Autonomous Areas
- NotesAdditional notes
- Tamar Noy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-568)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natufian culture/Middle East--Antiquities