essay

Eastern Arabia and the Oman Peninsula during the late fourth and early third millennium B.C.

gamdat nasr : period or regional style? : papers given at a symposium held in tübingen, november 1983WiesbadenPublished In 1986 • Pages: 121-170

By: Potts, Daniel T..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
A few Jemdet Nasr ceramics and a few seals have been found in the Arabian Gulf. These items are usually found along trade routes and may have been traded for Omani copper. Potts describes the sites and pertinent finds. Drawings of the ceramics are included.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ceramic technology
Special deposits
Property in movables
External trade
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
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
late 6th and early 5th millenniium BP (late 4th millennium and early third millenium B.C.)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, eastern Saudia Arabia, and United Arab Emirates
NotesAdditional notes
by Daniel T. Potts
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87100454
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Jamdat Nasr Site (Iraq)