The Halaf Period in Iraq: Old Sites and New
From about 5200 B.C.E. to 4500 B.C.E., large numbers of Halaf communities appear over a very large area of northern Iraq, northern Syria and southern Turkey. Until recently, it was believed that the Halaf originated in northern Syria, but new evidence shows the Halaf seems to have evolved from local...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Scholars Press
1992
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1992, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 182-187 |
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| Summary: | From about 5200 B.C.E. to 4500 B.C.E., large numbers of Halaf communities appear over a very large area of northern Iraq, northern Syria and southern Turkey. Until recently, it was believed that the Halaf originated in northern Syria, but new evidence shows the Halaf seems to have evolved from localized Neolithic cultures, more or less simultaneously, over much of its later range. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210312 |