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The Halaf environment and human activities in the Khabur drainage, Syria
Journal of field archaeology • 19 (3) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 315-333
By: McCorriston, Joy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
McCorriston analyzed botanical samples from two sites: Tell Aqab, that was excavated in the late 1970s and Umm Qseir, that was excavated in 1986. These two sites are in different ecological zones, but the samples are from similar archaeological deposits. McCorriston conducted botanical field studies in the Khabur Basin. These studies were used to determine the species of plants that grow on farmed land with different soils. With these data, she is able to compare farming practices and plant uses at the two sites and note differences in production, collection, and processing of plant foods.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Halafian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- Archaeobotanist
- 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; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1985, 1988, 1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late Halaf
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Umm Qseir and Tell Aqab, Khabur Basin, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joy McCorriston
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-333)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75641025
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Halaf culture