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The Neolithic Period: triumphs of architecture, agriculture, and art
Near Eastern archaeology • 61 (4) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 188-237
By: Banning, E. B. (Edward Bruce).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Banning summarizes the Neolithic period for the southern Levant from the Natufian to the Chalcolithic period. Only the data pertaining to the Aceramic Neolithic were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. He summarizes previous research, settlement patterns, the environment, the various technologies, the economy, art, burial practices, social organization, and suggests future research.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Processing of basic materials
- Production and supply
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aceramic Neolithic
- 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
- article
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 10,000 BP-6000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Levant; Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By E. B. Banning
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97001657
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period