essay
Burial practices of the Halaf culture
early stages in the evolution of mesopotamian civilization : soviet excavations in northern iraq • University Of Arizona Press • Published In 1993 • Pages: 207-222
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 discuss burial practices, mostly as they pertain to the Halaf period at Yarim Tepe I and II. During their excavations they found a cemetery area and burials within the settlement. Burial practices range from inhumations, skull burials, cremations, to burials under houses within the settlement. They also describe the ceramic and stone artifacts found with the burials, most of which were vessels.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Utensils
- 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
- Halaf period
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yarim Tepe I and Yarim Tepe II, 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