essay
The flint and obsidian industries
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: 285-338
By: Copeland, L. (Lorraine).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Copeland studied the lithic artifacts from three excavation seasons. The levels uncovered have been dated from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, but only the data that pertains to the Transitional to the Early Halaf has been indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. Copeland constructed a typelist of the lithic artifacts. She describes the materials used, the physical condition of the artifacts, the lithic technology used, and the types of tools found. No microscopic analysis has been done on the artifacts to determine their function yet. Numerous drawings are included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Weapons
- 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
- Lorraine Copeland
- For bibliographical references see document 10: Akkermans
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96220500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Halaf culture