essay
Were there supralocal cemeteries in southern Mesopotamia in Late Chalcolithic times?
upon this foundation : the 'ubaid reconsidered : proceedings from the 'ubaid symposium, elsinore, may 30th-june 1st 1988 • Copenhagen • Published In 1989 • Pages: 181-198
By: Vértesalji, Peter Paul, Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In order to answer the question of whether or nor there were supralocal cemeteries in southern Mesopotamia in Late Chalcoliithic times, the author examines the data from two large Late Chalcolithic cemeteries: those from late 'Ubaid Eridu and Susa, in Khuzistan, Iran, with its first four phases paralleling those of Mesopotamia. Vértesalji's investigation is carried out with a study of mortality rates and their relevance to estimations of prehistoric population size. Comparing the estimated population size with the expected number of burials for this population, the relationship between the physical settlements and the location of the corresponding cemeteries, the author concludes that …'there is probably only one known supralocal cemetery in Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia: Susa' (p. 191).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mortality
- Population
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 6000-5100 BP (4000-3100 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iraq, Syria, Turkey (southern Mesopotamia)
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Peter Paul Vértesalji
- Discussion of Frank Hole's and Peter P. Vértesalji's papers / Chairman H. J. Nissen
- For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ubaid culture