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The Proto-Elamite settlement of Tepe Yahya

Iran9Published In 1971 • Pages: 87-96

By: Lamberg-Karlovsky, C. C..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Proto-Elamite settlement at Tepe Yahya located in the Kirman Province of Iran. This site was chosen because it provides '…the archaeological setting of the Proto-Elamite tablets, cylinder and stamp seals, ceramics, steatite, their architectural association, and their implication to general chronological and culture historical reconstuctions' (p. 87). A number of text figures and plates depict the various artifacts and structures noted above.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Writing
Ceramic technology
Dwellings
Utensils
Property in movables
Chronologies and culture sequences
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
article
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 C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
64009404
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bronze age--Iran