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Ceramic evidence for cultural interaction between the 'Ubaid tradition and the central Zagros highlands, western Iran

upon this foundation : the 'ubaid reconsidered : proceedings from the 'ubaid symposium, elsinore, may 30th-june 1st 1988 • Copenhagen • Published In 1989 • Pages: 368-403

By: Henrickson, Elizabeth F., Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark).

Abstract

A number of pottery assemblages characterized by dark painted buff wares are associated with Mesopotamian and adjacent Zagros highland villages and early towns dating to the Middle Chalcolithic period (ca. 5100-4000 calibrated BC). These assemblages have been called ' 'Ubaid' in reference to the Iraq lowlands, and ' 'Ubaid-related' when found in the adjacent Zagros highland of western Iran. These labels suggest , first, a single homogeneous lowland ceramic/cultural…' 'Ubaid entity, and second, some unspecified kind of lowland-to-highland ceramic/cultural 'influence' exerted by this entity. Using Multi-dimensional scaling analysis Henrickson investigates these assumptions by examining patterns of inter-regional ceramic 'interaction' within Greater Mesopotamia in the Middle Chalcolithic, during the phases when lowland-highland ceramic stylistic similarity appears strongest and most widespread in the Zagros (p. 369).

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

7100-6000 BP (5100-4000 BC)

Coverage Place

Iraq, Iran

Notes

By Elizabeth F. Henrickson

Discussion of Elizabeth Henrickson's paper / Chairman L. D. Levine

For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen

LCSH

Ubaid culture