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Houses and the changing residential unit: domestic architecture at PPNB 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society53Published In 1987 • Pages: 309-325

By: Banning, E. B. (Edward Bruce), Byrd, Brian F..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Banning describes house construction and remodeling at 'Ain Ghazal. Due to excellent preservation it has been possible to discover the inhabitants frequently remodeled their houses. Banning looks at how changes in the co-residential group might account for the frequent changes to the domestic stuctures, especially since these are such substantial structures. (Co-residential groups are not static, but continually change, a process known as the 'development cycle.')
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Dwellings
Settlement patterns
Household
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
5: Excellent Primary 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
1982-1984
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
late 10th to early 9th millennia BP (late 8th to early 7th millennia BC)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
'Ain Ghazal, Jordon
NotesAdditional notes
By E. B. Banning and Brian F. Byrd
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-325)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78648803
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Neolithic period