Book
Excavations at Tepe Hissar, Damghan
Pub. for the University Museum by the University of Pennsylvania Press • Philadelphia • Published In 1937 • Pages:
By: Schmidt, Erich Friedrich, Kimball, Sidney Fiske.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study presents the data from the original excavation work done in 1930-1931 at Tepe Hissar (Tappeh Hesar) by Dr. Erich F. Schmidt. Although the sequence at Tepe Hissar covers a range of time from the fifth millennium to the second millennium B.C., only the data relevant to the Iranian Bronze Age period (Hissar III), has been indexed in the analysis of this work. The majority of Schmidt's data on the various artifacts and pottery vessels came from the many graves uncovered at the site, rather than from occupational levels. In general, the work provides an abundance of information on Hissar III architectual remains, pottery types, objects of baked and unbaked clay, figurines, seals, objects of metal, alabaster and stone vessels, bone and horn objects, beads, and a detailed analysis of the skeletal remains found at the site. At the end of the text is a catalogue-index of objects found at Tepe Hissar (pp. 370-459), describing each item in detail.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Smiths and their crafts
- Dwellings
- Weapons
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iranian Bronze Age
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Erich F. Schmidt
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 37031225
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bronze age--Iran