The Tigris piedmont, eastern Jazira, and the highland western Iran in the fourth millennium B.C.

Rothman, Mitchell S.

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The Tigris piedmont, eastern Jazira, and the highland western Iran in the fourth millennium B.C.

uruk mesopotamia & its neighbors : cross-cultural interactions in the era of state formation • Sante Fe, Nm • Published In 2001 • Pages: 349-401

By: Rothman, Mitchell S..

Abstract
In this document Rothman discusses the general approach that has been taken toward understanding the so-called Uruk Expansion, arguing that it has placed too much emphasis on the power and role of the south and also makes a number of questionable assumptions about the behavior of northern 'precontact' societies. The author reviews the data from the Tigris piedmont and eastern Jazira in terms of the changing conditions over the whole of the fourth millennium, and discusses the best documented site in this area, Tepe Gawra, and its implications for our understanding of the evolution of northern societies , especially during the Terminal Ubaid, Early Uruk, and early Middle Uruk periods (p. 351).

Theoretical orientation in research and its results

Exchange and transfers

External trade

Acculturation and culture contact

Ceramic technology

Status, role, and prestige

Dependencies

Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Middle East