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Cultures of the eighth and seventh millennia BP in the southern Levant: a review for the 1990s
Journal of world prehistory • 7 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 297-353
By: Gopher, Avi, Gophna, R. (Ram).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gopher and Gophna describe the Yarmukian and Wadi Raba subtraditions and their variants: the Qatifian and Jericho IX. They present information on chronology, ceramics, lithics, architecture, burials, art, economy, and site distribution.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Processing of basic materials
- Architecture
- Burial practices and funerals
- Visual arts
- Production and supply
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ceramic Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- article
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Pottery Neolithic; 8000 BP-6000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Levant: Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Palestinian Autonomoun Areas, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Avi Gopher and Ram Gophna
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-353)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period