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The third-millennium pottery

Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 151-194

By: Oates, Joan.

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

Oates describes the third millennium pottery from Tell Brak. Only the data that pertain to the Akkadian period were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. Due to the volume of sherds excavated each season, Oates has limited the discussion in this chapter to to vessels with complete profiles or complete vessels. 'Our purpose has been to provide as well-dated a compendium of pottery as possible, with information on frequency and distribution when it seems significant.' (page 151). There are numerous figures to illustrate the various ceramic types, shapes, and decorations in this chapter and the reader is refered to eHRAF document number 43 for further artifact illustrations.

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

Ceramic technology

Utensils

Visual arts

Chronologies and culture sequences

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Akkadian

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2009

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; 2008

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1976-1993 (14 field seasons)

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Akkadian; 4250 BP-4350 BP (2250 BC-2150 BC)

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

Tell Brak, Syria

NotesAdditional notes

Joan Oates

For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

00303945

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities