essay
The prehistoric pottery
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: 119-284
By: Le Mière, Marie, Nieuwenhuyse, Olivier.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Le Miére and Nieuwenhuyse provide an extensive preliminary report on the ceramics from the excavations at Sabi Abyad where over 70,000 pieces of pottery had been uncovered during the 1988-1993 excavation seasons. They describe the new material, discuss the stratigraphic sequence and chronology, and explain how the ceramics fit into a regional and interregional perspective. As the ceramics come from levels that date from the Neolithic to the Early Halaf, only the data that pertains to the Transitional to the Early Halaf time periods has been indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. They describe how the ceramics were analyzed, the types of wares found, the forms (bowls, jars, etc.), and types of decorations. Almost half of the document is illustrations of various ceramic pieces.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- 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
- 1988-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Transitional to Early Halaf; 7200 BP-7000 BP (5200 BC-5000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tell Sabi Abyad, northern Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marie Le Mière and Olivier Nieuwenhuyse
- For bibliographical references see document 10: Akkermans
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96220500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Halaf culture