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Defining the style of the period: Jemedt Nasr, 1926-28
Iraq • 54 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 1-34 , plate
By: Matthews, Roger.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mathews re-examined the Jemdet Nasr materials from the 1926 field season under the direction of S. Langdon and the 1928 field season under the direction of L. Watelin. He also compared the material to other excavated sites to 'place the Jemdet Nasr assemblage within a wider Mesopotamian contex.' (page 1). He shows that 'it is justifiable to speak of a Jemdet Nasr period, distinct from the Late Uruk and Early Dynastic periods,…' (page 1). He identifies materials that appear to be diagnostic of the Jemdet Nasr period and shows that similar materials are restricted in geographical area. He describes some of the architecture, tablets, ceramics, seals, and other artifact types from these excavations. Although the site and many of the artifacts date from the Late Uruk through the Early Dynastic Period, only the data that pertains to the Jemdet Nasr time period was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Ceramic technology
- Writing
- Cultural participation
- Property in movables
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jemdet Nasr
- 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
- article
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1926 and 1928
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Late Uruk to Early Dynastic
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jemdet Nasr, Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- By R. J. Matthews
- Includes bibliographical references(p. 27-29)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 36012028
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jamdat Nasr Site (Iraq)