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Girikihaciyan: a Halafian site in southeastern Turkey
Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles • Published In 1990 • Pages: 146
By: Watson, Patty Jo, LeBlanc, Steven A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Watson and LeBlanc present their findings from the small, late Halaf site of Girikihaciyan. They discuss the excavations, architecture, ceramics, stone tools, other artifacts, diet, and tools. They also present a critique of Hijara's ceramic seriation for the site of Arpachiyah and compare Girikihaciyan with other Halafian sites, mostly Arpachiyah, Banahilk, Tell Aqab, Shames-ed-Din, and Tell Turlu.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Structures
- Cultural participation
- Reviews and critiques
- General tools
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1968 and 1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6855±45 BP and 7000±45 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Girikihaciyan, southeast Turkey
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patty Jo Watson, Steven A. LeBlanc
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-146)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90047928
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Halaf culture--Turkey/Excavations (Archaeology)--Turkey/Girikihaciyan Site (Turkey)