essay
Geological notes on rocks, fossils and objects of antiquarian interest excavated from the ruins of Eridu
Eridu • Baghdad • Published In 1981 • Pages: 311-316
By: Williams, W. Rees.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this report, Williams presents a general sketch of the geology of Iraq, the distribution of rock formations with some stratigraphical details. The specimens examined in this study were excavated from the Eridu site, and an attempt has been made to trace their provenance. In each case the specimen is identified, and its particular geological formation given with its distribution in Iraq.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ubaid
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Eridu, Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- W. Rees Williams
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83207534
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Eridu (Extinct city)