essay
Analysis of archaeological surface collections
Uruk countryside: the natural setting of urban societies, [by] Robert McC. Adams and Hans J. Nissen • Chicago • Published In 1972 • Pages: 95-217
By: Nissen, Hans Jörg.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study of the surface collections of pottery from sites located in lower Mesopotamia, (primarily Iraq), for the time range between the Ubaid and the Early Dynastic II periods. Pottery collection that are richly varied and can make a useful contribution to the understanding of an entire contemporary corpus of pottery, or that can help to reduce chronological difficulties, are fully illustrated in the text. Others, falling within a more limited series of types are shown more schematically. Some categories of finds, such as terra-cotta figurines are not illustrated at all owing to the unsatisfactory state of preservation in which all specimens were found, A few unique objects, including a temple model which may be the single most important object recovered by the survey, are both discussed and illustrated (p. 105).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Comparative evidence
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia
- 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
- 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
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hans J. Nissen
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78179489
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Erech (Extinct city)/Iraq--Antiquities