Contemporary Kurdish winter-time inhabitants of Shanidar cave, Iraq

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3918840
AutoresRalph S Solecki (Columbia University, autor correspondente)
Ano1979
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas318-330
Data de publicação1979-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1979.9979740
OpenAlexW2040329149
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas3

A contemporary seasonal settlement of about forty‐five Kurds with their animals at Shanidar Cave, a major archaeological site, presents an interesting study. It has possibilities for inferences to the top cultural horizons in the recent archaeological deposits in the cave. The inhabitants occupy what appear to be unusually small, flimsily constructed huts ranged around the interior of the cave. The floor area of the houses per inhabitant is much smaller than that generally found to be true in ethnographic examples quoted in the literature. The reason for the exception here appears to be that the Shanidar inhabitants sacrificed their house sizes to provide shelter for their animals in the limited cave area. Moreover, but in secondary importance, because the cave formed a primary shelter, large houses were not needed

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