essay
The 'Ubaid period in the context of the early history of the ancient Near East
upon this foundation : the 'ubaid reconsidered : proceedings from the 'ubaid symposium, elsinore, may 30th-june 1st 1988 • Copenhagen • Published In 1989 • Pages: 245-255
By: Nissen, Hans Jörg, Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The 'Ubaid style of pottery painting which stesses the use of circular bands in combination with more elaborate patterns and simple shapes has found acceptance as one representing one of the major phases of Mesopotamian prehistory and is …'not restricted to the region of the first discovery [ Tell el-'Ubaid] but can be found also with contemporary groups of pottery from other areas of the ancient Near East' (p. 246). In this article Nissen explores this concept, and describes new pottery technologies that developed toward the end of the 'Ubaid period, one of which involved the use of the 'slow wheel' or 'tournette', a platform or table pivotted on a central peg that led eventually to the development of the pottery wheel.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- 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, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority, Turkey, Afghanistan(Ancient Near East)
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Hans J. Nissen
- Discussion of Hans J Nissen's paper / Chairman R. McC. Adams
- For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ubaid culture