Mnemonic Devices

Special Deposits

Lithic Industries

Property in Movables

Ownership and Control of Capital

Preservation and Storage of Food

Architecture

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Public Structures

Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Heads

Glossary

Cordage

Ornament

Smiths and Their Crafts

Religious and Educational Structures

General Tools

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Visual Arts

Ceramic Technology

Retail Marketing

Occupational Specialization

Location

Reviews and Critiques

Organization and Analysis of Results

Bibliographies in Sources

Ontogenetic Data

Nutrition

Population

Mortality

Historical Reconstruction

Dairying

Settlement Patterns

Community Structure

Territorial Hierarchy

Identification

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Hunting and Trapping

Weapons

Inter-Community Relations

Aftermath of Combat

Burial Practices and Funerals

Domesticated Animals

Pastoral Activities

Tillage

Cereal Agriculture

Diet

Fauna

Utensils

Mourning

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Soil

Flora

Human Effects on Environment

Social Control

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Magicians and Diviners

Masonry

General Character of Religion

Ethnozoology

Topography and Geology

Mineral Resources

Commercial Facilities

Exchange and Transfers

Internal Trade

Climate

Collecting

Household

Functional Specialization Areas

TRADITION SUMMARY: HALAFIAN

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

ORIENTATION

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

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CREDITS

ABSOLUTE TIME PERIOD

RELATIVE TIME PERIOD

LOCATION

DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

REGIONAL SUBTRADITIONS

IMPORTANT SITES

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

HOUSING

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS OR CONTROL OF RESOURCES

WILD FOODS

DOMESTIC FOODS

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Halafian tradition occurred from 7700 BP to 7000 BP. The people lived in self-sufficient villages supported by dry farming with sheep, goat, cattle, and pig herding. They produced a distinctive painted pottery using geometric and representational designs. There is limited evidence of a social hierarchy that may have included chiefs with distinctive residences. Clay sealings made from stamp seals suggest control of access to the commodities so sealed.

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