essay
The archaic phase of the Hassuna culture
early stages in the evolution of mesopotamian civilization: soviet excavations in northern iraq • Tucson • Published In 1993 • Pages: 115-127
By: Merpert, N. IA. (Nikolai IAkovlevich).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Merpert summarizes what is known about the archaic phase of the Hassunan subtradition in northern Iraq and presents dates for it. He does this by comparing several sites (Yarim Tepe I, Tell Hassuna, Tell Sotto, Umm Dabaghiyah, Kültepe, etc.). Compared are their stratigraphy, ceramics, stone vessels, architecture, lithic artifacts, economy, trade, and dates.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Identification
- 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
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- 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
- archaic Hassuna; 7750 BP-7000 BP (5750 BC-5000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- N. Ya. Merpert
- Spine title: Early Mesopotamian civilization
- Translations of papers originally published in Soviet journals 1973-1989
- For bibliographical references see document 9: Yoffee and Clark
- For bibliographical references see document 9: Yoffee and Clark
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93003129
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Iraq/Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq/Iraq--Antiquities