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A Contribution to the history of the term 'Gamdat Nasr'
gamdat nasr : period or regional style? : papers given at a symposium held in tübingen, november 1983 • Wiesbaden • Published In 1986 • Pages: 17-32
By: Potts, Daniel T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Potts explores the origin of the term Jemdet Nasr (Gamdat Nasr); how and when it came to be used as a chronological period, a culture, and a pottery style and a tablet style. He also discusses the dating of the site and of the large building.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Reviews and critiques
- Writing
- Public structures
- Ceramic technology
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ca. 5100 BP - 4900 BP (ca. 3100 B.C.-2900 B.C.)
- 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 Daniel T. Potts
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-31)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87100454
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jamdat Nasr Site (Iraq)