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The transition from Uruk to Early Dynastic: continuities and discontinuities in the record of settlement

gamdat nasr : period or regional style? : papers given at a symposium held in tübingen, november 1983WiesbadenPublished In 1986 • Pages: 90-106

By: Postgate, J. N..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Postgate examines settlement continuities and discontinuities in the archaeological record for the fringe areas of the Diyala and the Ur region, and of the central south Sumer area (southern Iraq) by using the survey data from Adams, Nissen and Wright. The data support a settlement disruption towards the end of the Uruk period. This may mean the rural population concentrated in the cities for a short period of time.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Sociocultural trends
Chronologies and culture sequences
Urban and rural life
Internal migration
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
5: Excellent Primary 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
1981, 1983
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Late Uruk to Early Dynastic I
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Iraq
NotesAdditional notes
by J. N. Postgate
Includes bibliographical references (p. 106)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87100454
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jamdat Nasr Site (Iraq)