essay
Transitions and transformations of Early Chalcolithic painted pottery in Mesopotamia
upon this foundation : the 'ubaid reconsidered : proceedings from the 'ubaid symposium, elsinore, may 30th-june 1st 1988 • Copenhagen • Published In 1989 • Pages: 227-242
By: Vértesalji, Peter Paul, Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper presents a structuralist's approach to the study of transitions and transformations in painted pottery designs of the Early and Middle Chalcolithic periods in Mesopotamia. Using this approach Vértesalji examines painted sherds from Halaf, Ninive, Samarra, Tell 'Abada, Tell Rashid, Tell al-'Ubaid, Ur, and Eridu in order to locate and describe some 'Ubaidizing' effects on the pottery decorations from these sites. In his analysis the author compares and contrasts motifs, designs, composition, and effects of the decorations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Sociocultural trends
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- no date
- 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)
- Iraq, Syria, and Turkey (Early Chalcolithic Mesopotamia)
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Peter Paul Vértesalji
- Discussion of Peter P. Vértesalji's second paper / Chairman L. D. Levine
- For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ubaid culture