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The Yarmukians in Jordan

Paléorient • 19 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 101-114

By: Kafafi, Zeidan Abdel-Kafi.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Kafafi provides brief descriptions of excavated Yarmoukian sites in Jordon. Kafafi points out the Yarmoukian subtradition is a local development and that the first pottery (crude, low-fired bowls) in the area appears in the Prepottery Neolithic C at 'Ain Ghazal. Kafafi covers the architecture, ceramics, lithics, and subsistence.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Culture summary

Diagnostic material attributes

Ceramic technology

Lithic industries

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

Yarmoukian; 7500 BP-6500 BP (5500 BC-4500 BC)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Jordon

NotesAdditional notes

Z. Kafafi

Includes bibliograpahical references (p. 113-114)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

88649200

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Neolithic period