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The flint and obsidian artifacts of Tell Sabi Abyad
excavations at tell sabi abyad: prehistoric investigations in the balikh valley, northern syria • Oxford • Published In 1989 • Pages: 237-284
By: Copeland, L. (Lorraine).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Copeland describes the lithic artifacts from the Late Neolithic, Transitional, and Halaf periods. She compares the tools found to those in the northern Levant and Cilicia. Most of the same techniques and materials were used in the Late Neolithic through to the Halaf period. However, only the data that pertain to the Ceramic Neolithic (here termed Late Neolithic and Transitional Period) were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials)subjects. The data on the Halaf lithics were not indexed for (Outline of Cultural Materials)subjects as there is a separate eHRAF collection on Halaf (M086).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- 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
- 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Late Neolithic and Early Halaf; 7300 BP-7000 BP(5300 BC-5000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Lorraine Copeland
- The data that pertain to the Ceramic Neolithic and the transitional strata were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials )subjects (Outline of Cultural Materials codes). The Halaf ceramics were not marked for OCM subjects as there is a separate eHRAF collection on Halaf (M086).
- for bibliographical references see document 20:Akkermans
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Neolithic period--Syria/Syria--Antiquities