essay

Marine shells in the Levant: upper palaeolithic, epipaleolithic and neolithic

natufian culture in the levantAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1991 • Pages: 613-624

By: Reese, David S..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Reese presents a survey of the 'shell collections from Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic sites of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and the Sinai.' (page 613). He concludes Dentalium shells are not a hallmark of the Natufian as they are found both before and after it. Also the exchange of marine shells existed before and after the Natufian.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Fauna
Ornament
Exchange and transfers
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
45,000 BP-10,000 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, and Syria
NotesAdditional notes
David S. Reese
Includes bibliographical references (p. 624-628)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Middle East--Antiquities