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Yarim Tepe III: the Halaf levels

early stages in the evolution of mesopotamian civilization : soviet excavations in northern iraqUniversity Of Arizona PressPublished In 1993 • Pages: 164-205

By: Merpert, N. IA. (Nikolai IAkovlevich), Munchaev, R. M. (Rauf Magometovich).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Merpert and Munchaev describe their excavations at Yarim Tepe III; their findings are discussed by field season and strata. They describe the architecture, ovens or kilns, figurines, stone tools, bone tools, seals, ornaments, and ceramics - describing some of the painted decorations in detail. Plans of some of the levels, drawings of some of the artifacts, and photos of some of the architecture and excavations are included. A few burials were encountered during their excavations. At this site, there seems to be a smooth transition to the Ubaid period, with an Ubaid settlement lying directly ontop the latest Halaf level and no period of abandonment of the site.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Architecture
Ceramic technology
Visual arts
General tools
Cultural stratigraphy
Burial practices and funerals
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
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
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
1977-1980
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Late Halaf period
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Yarim Tepe III, Iraq
NotesAdditional notes
N. Ya. Merpert and R. M. Munchaev
for bibliographical references see document 4: Yoffee and Clark
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
93003129
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Halaf culture