Book
Sumer and the Sumerians
Cambridge University Press • Cambridge • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Crawford, Harriet E. W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book provides an excellent descriptive overview of the Sumerians and other peoples living in and around Mesopotamia from the Uruk period through the Ur III dynasty (or from about 5800 B.P.-4000 B.P. or 3800 B.C.-2000 B.C.). However, only material that pertains to the Early Dynastic Period was indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes. Crawford describes the physical environment, Sumerian history, settlement patterns, agriculture, architecture (from private dwellings to temples), burial practices and what they tell us about everyday life verses ritual/temple life, dress, manufacturing, trade, and writing. She also provides an overview of the role the king/palace and the priests/temple had in governing the Sumerians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Topography and geology
- Sociocultural trends
- Writing
- Dwellings
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Property in movables
- External trade
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Congregations
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- Book
- 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 ; 2001
- 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
- Early Dynastic periods or 4900 BP - 4334 BP (2900 B.C.-2334 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mesopotamia including the Diyala and Hamrin valleys; Iran, Iraq, and Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Harriet Crawford
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89077395
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iraq--Civilization--To 634