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The Ubaid period in Iraq: recent excavations in the Hamrin region

B.A.R.Oxford, EnglandPublished In 1985 • Pages:

By: Jasim, Sabah Abboud.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study considers the Ubaid period in Iraq focusing mainly on the Hamrin region where some sixteen Ubaid sites were excavated. It discusses the environmental situation and investigates the resource potential of the area. It describes, in general, the Ubaid assemblages from each site and investigates the relationships between them; it describes in detail and analyzes the Ubaid assemblage from the largest of these sites, tell Abada, and tries to distinguish its role in the region and to establish its chronological position. It makes a careful comparative and analytical study of a wide range of materials, in particular the pottery, from all of the Ubaid sites in the region. It discusses the distribution of the Ubaid sites in the Hamrin region and considers the implications of such distributions in this part of Iraq. It also investigates settlement patterns and considers various aspects involved with community patterns of the Ubaid people in the region (p. vii).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ceramic technology
Cultural stratigraphy
Typologies and classifications
Visual arts
Lithic industries
Burial practices and funerals
Organization and analysis of results of research
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ubaid
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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
Book
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1977-1978
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
7500-6000 BP (5500-4000 BC)
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Hamrin Region, Iraq
NotesAdditional notes
Sabah Abboud Jasim
Based on author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Cambridge)
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 227-247)
volume II repaginated by HRAF as pages 248-562
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86135925
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ubaid culture-Iraq-Hamrin Basin/Excavations (Archaeology)-Iraq-Hamrin Basin
Hamrin Basin (Iraq)-Antiquities/Iraq-Antiquities