Economy, ritual, and power in 'Ubaid Mesopotamia
essay 1994 Stein, Gil

UbaidMiddle East > Middle East
In this paper Stein argues that in trying to understand the culture of the 'Ubaid period of the late 6th to 5th millennia BC, the chiefdom continues to have utility as a model for early forms of administrative organization with formal leadership posi...

Indigenous social complexity at Hacinebi (Turkey) and the organization of Uruk colonial contact
essay 2001 Stein, Gil J.

Late Chalcolithic MesopotamiaMiddle East > Middle East
The general emphasis in this article in on the impact of Mesopotamian expansion diuring the Middle and Late Uruk periods on the neighboring societies in Iran, Syria, and Anatolia (Turkey). This study is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents evide...