essay
Centralization processes in greater Mesopotamia: Uruk 'expansion' as the climax of systematic interactions among areas of the greater Mesopotamian region
uruk mesopotamia & its neighbors : cross-cultural interactions in the era of state formation • Sante Fe, Nm • Published In 2001 • Pages: 307-347
By: Frangipane, M. (Marcella).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Relations between Lower Mesopotamia and the northern regions of theTigris and Euphrates Basins have become a key topic in the debate over the formative phases of the state in this part of the world (p. 307). In this article Frangipane discusses her approach to understanding north-south relations by viewing the phenomena from the standpoint of the north. This approach emphasizes the characteristics and trajectories of development in the north and then reconstructs 'the historical roots of their external relations' (Rothman, 2001, p. 14).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Writing
- Property in movables
- Production and supply
- Social relationships and groups
- Administrative agencies
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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; 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
- 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)
- Greater Mesopotamia (Iraq, Syria, Turkey)
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marcella Frangipane
- 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)