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Tell Sabi Abyad: the site and the setting

excavations at tell sabi abyad: prehistoric investigations in the balikh valley, northern syriaOxfordPublished In 1989 • Pages: 11-15

By: Akkermans, Peter M. M. G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Akkermans describes the natural setting for Tell Sabi Abyad and briefly describes the site. The tell consists of two Prepottery Neolithic mounds and two mounds that consist of Late Neolithic to Halafian strata. Only the data that pertain to the Ceramic Neolithic were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Chronologies and culture sequences
Settlement patterns
Geography
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
5: Excellent Primary 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
1986
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Prepottery Neolithic-Halaf
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
By Peter M. M. G. Akkermans
for bibliographical references see document 20:Akkermans
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Neolithic period--Syria/Syria--Antiquities