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Tradition summary: Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

HRAF • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2003 • Pages:

By: Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a summary of the Early Dynastic Mesopotamia Tradition.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Identification

Culture summary

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2003

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 ; 2002

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

ca. 4900-4334 BP

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Iraq

NotesAdditional notes

Peter Peregrine

This tradition summary is from the article, 'Early Dynastic Mesopotamia,' by Peter Peregrine in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2001-2002.

Includes bibliographical references

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Iraq--Civilization--To 634