Publication Information
Author:
Akkermans,
Peter M. M. G.
Ubaid
Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark)
Title:
Tradition and social change in northern Mesopotamia
during the later fifth and fourth millennium BC
Published in: Upon this foundation : the 'Ubaid reconsidered :
proceedings from the 'Ubaid symposium, Elsinore, May 30th-June 1st 1988 / edited
by Elizabeth F. Henrickson and Ingolf Thuesen
Published By:
Upon this foundation : the 'Ubaid reconsidered :
proceedings from the 'Ubaid symposium, Elsinore, May 30th-June 1st 1988 / edited
by Elizabeth F. Henrickson and Ingolf Thuesen
Copenhagen: Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient
Near Eastern Studies : University of Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, 1989.
339-367 p.
By line: By Peter M. M. G. Akkermans
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2000. Computer File
Culture:
Ubaid (MH55)
Subjects:
Settlement patterns (361);
Burial practices and funerals (764);
Religious and educational structures (346);
Cultural stratigraphy (912);
Sociocultural trends (178);
Cultural participation (184);
Abstract:
In the following document Akkermans
describescertain aspects of ritual behaviour in fifth and fourth millennium
Mesopotamia ('Ubaid and Late Chalcolithic periods)and attempts to relate it to
ideological changes in the society. Emphasis in the document is on northern
Mesopotamia (Iraq)mainly taking Tepe Gawra and Tell Arpachiyah into
consideration. Two specific aspects of 'Ubaid and Late Chalcolithic society
given special attention in this work are settlement structure and architecture,
and funerary practices.
Document Number:
29
Document ID: mh55-029
Document Type:
Essay
Language:
English
Note:
For bibliographical
references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen.
Field Date:
no date
Evaluation:
Archaeologist-4, 5
Analyst:
John Beierle ;
2006
Coverage Date:
7000-5000
BP (5000-3000 BC)
Coverage Place:
Iraq
LCSH:
Ubaid culture
