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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).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Comparative evidence
- 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
- 7100-6000 BP (5100-4000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iraq, Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Elizabeth F. Henrickson
- Discussion of Elizabeth Henrickson's paper / Chairman L. D. Levine
- For bibliographical references see document 14: Henrickson and Thuesen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ubaid culture