essay
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..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Exchange and transfers
- External trade
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Status, role, and prestige
- Dependencies
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia
- 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; 2007
- 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
- 6000-5000 BP (4000-3000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iraq, Iran, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mitchell S. Rothman
- For bibliographical references see document 17:Rothman
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001049321
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622/Erech (Extinct city)