essay

Were there supralocal cemeteries in southern Mesopotamia in Late Chalcolithic times?

upon this foundation : the 'ubaid reconsidered : proceedings from the 'ubaid symposium, elsinore, may 30th-june 1st 1988 • Copenhagen • Published In 1989 • Pages: 181-198

By: Vértesalji, Peter Paul, Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark).

Abstract

In order to answer the question of whether or nor there were supralocal cemeteries in southern Mesopotamia in Late Chalcoliithic times, the author examines the data from two large Late Chalcolithic cemeteries: those from late 'Ubaid Eridu and Susa, in Khuzistan, Iran, with its first four phases paralleling those of Mesopotamia. Vértesalji's investigation is carried out with a study of mortality rates and their relevance to estimations of prehistoric population size. Comparing the estimated population size with the expected number of burials for this population, the relationship between the physical settlements and the location of the corresponding cemeteries, the author concludes that …'there is probably only one known supralocal cemetery in Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia: Susa' (p. 191).

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Middle East

Sub Region

Middle East

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2006

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

6000-5100 BP (4000-3100 BC)

Coverage Place

Iraq, Syria, Turkey (southern Mesopotamia)

Notes

By Peter Paul Vértesalji

Discussion of Frank Hole's and Peter P. Vértesalji's papers / Chairman H. J. Nissen

For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen

LCSH

Ubaid culture