essay
Social organization and social activities at Tell Madhur
upon this foundation : the 'ubaid reconsidered : proceedings from the 'ubaid symposium, elsinore, may 30th-june 1st 1988 • Copenhagen • Published In 1989 • Pages: 91-146
By: Roaf, Michael, Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a very detailed study of one specific, well-preserved, house excavated at the site of Tell Madhhur in Iraq. Roaf describes the architectural features of the house, then the archaeological evidence (e.g., the artifacts), concluding with a consideration of the implications of the material thus discovered to the social structure and social activities of the household inhabitants. Much of the data in this study deal with the physical characteristics of the house -- roofing, presence or absence of staircases or ramps, rooms, etc., with pottery descriptions, and other objects found within the house.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- 1978-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7500-6000 BP (5500-4000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tell Madhhur, Hamrin Region, Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Michael Roaf
- Discussion of Michael Roaf's paper / Chairman H.T. Wright
- For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ubaid culture