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The beginning of the Neolithic: searching for meaning in material culture change
Paléorient • 18 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 63-75
By: Watkins, Trevor.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Houses at the site of Qermez Dere were unusual in that they had symbolic or religious features of plastered clay pillars, were kept very clean, and food preparation activities appear to have occurred outside the houses in another part of the site. Projectile points appear at the site along with maceheads, both probably used for warfare. Watkins sees the beginnings of the concepts of the 'home, ' territoriality, and property in this data. The essay explores the changes that occurred at the beginning of the neolithic period and how sedentary hunter-gatherers handle resource stress.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Household
- Instigation of war
- Tribe and nation
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- 1986-1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Aceramic Neolithic; 10,250 BP-9900 BP(8250 BC-7900 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Qermez Dere, Tel Afar, Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- T. Watkins
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-74)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88649200
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period