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The genesis and collapse of third millennium north Mesopotamian civilization
Science • 261 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 995-1004
By: Weiss, Harvey, Courty, Marie-Agnès, Wetterstrom, Wilma, Guichard, François, Senior, Louise M., Meadow, Richard H., Curnow, Anna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Weiss et al. describe the stratigraphy from excavations at Tell Leilan and Abu Hgeira in the Habur Plains in northeast Syria. They found evidence of a marked increase in aridity and wind circulation subseqeunt to a volcanic eruption, probably in Anatolia. The abrupt climate change led to the collapse of the Akkadian empire. Climatic disruption and collapses also occurred in the Aegean, Egypt, and the Indus. The climatic disruption lasted for 300 years so it may not have been soley a response to the volcanic eruption.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- Sociocultural trends
- Settlement patterns
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Soil
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4600 BP-3900 BP(2600 BC-1900 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Habur Plain, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. Weiss, M.-A. Courty, W. Wetterstrom, F. Guichard, L. Senior, R. Meadow, A. Curnow
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17024346
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akkadians