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Indigenous social complexity at Hacinebi (Turkey) and the organization of Uruk colonial contact
uruk mesopotamia & its neighbors : cross-cultural interactions in the era of state formation • Sante Fe, Nm • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Stein, Gil.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The general emphasis in this article in on the impact of Mesopotamian expansion diuring the Middle and Late Uruk periods on the neighboring societies in Iran, Syria, and Anatolia (Turkey). This study is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents evidence from Hacinebi indicating that the indigenous polities of this area were already complex before the Uruk expanision so that one cannot argue that contact with Mesopotamia was the primary influence on political development in the periphery. In part 2 Stein presents a definition of colonies and their archaeological correlates. Using these criteria the author shows that a small colony of ethnically distinct Mesopotamians was present at Hacinebi for a least two centuries but did not dominate the local Anatolian population either politically or economically. Finally, in part 3, Stein explores the implications of this long-term, peaceful, symmetric exchange for the overrall organization of the Uruk regional interaction network (p. 266).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Dependencies
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Ceramic technology
- 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.
- Evaluation
- 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; 2007
- 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
- 5700-5100 BP (3700-3100 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hacinebi, Turkey
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gil J. Stein
- For bibliographical references see document 17:Rothman
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001049321
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622/Erech (Extinct city)