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The human skeletal remains of Tell Sabi Abyad

excavations at tell sabi abyad: prehistoric investigations in the balikh valley, northern syria • Oxford • Published In 1989 • Pages: 295-299

By: Geerlink, Johanna.

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

Geerlink analyzed the two burials found at the site. They are both from the late Bronze Age and are outside the time period for the Ceramic Neolithic.

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

Material not relevant

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.

Physical Anthropologist

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 Bronze Age

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 Johanna Geerlink

for bibliographical references see document 20:Akkermans

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Neolithic period--Syria/Syria--Antiquities