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Sabi Abyad: the geoarchaeology of a complex landscape
tell sabi abyad, the late neolithic settlement : report on the excavations of the university of amsterdam (1988) and the national museum of antiquities leiden (1991-1993) in syria • Istanbul • Published In 1996 • Pages: 1-24
By: Wilkinson, T. J. (Tony J.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wilkinson discusses the soils and cultural landscape features of the Balikh valley from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic up through the Islamic period. The work was based upon air-photos and field studies that included soil profiles. Only the material that pertains to the Halaf period was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Soil
- Topography and geology
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Land use
- 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.
- Geoarchaeologist
- 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
- 1992 and 1993
- 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)
- Balikh valley, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Tony J. Wilkinson
- For bibliographical references see document 10: Akkermans
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96220500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Halaf culture