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Ubaid Period
Ubaid Period
Nippur
Ur
Uruk
Borsippa
Babylon
Sippar
Khafajah
Eshnunna
1 History of research
Eridu
Larsa
Umma
Girsu
Map of Iraq showing important sites that were occupied The Ubaid period is divided into three principal phases:
during the Ubaid period (clickable map)
The Ubaid period (ca. 6500 to 3800 BC)[1] is a
Ubaid 1, sometimes called Eridu[6] (53004700
prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. The name derives
BC), a phase limited to the extreme south of Iraq,
from Tell al-`Ubaid where the earliest large excavation of
on what was then the shores of the Persian Gulf.
Ubaid period material was conducted initially by Henry
This phase, showing clear connection to the Samarra
1
6 NOTES
6 Notes
[1] Carter, Robert A. and Philip, Graham Beyond the Ubaid:
Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric
Societies of the Middle East (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, Number 63) The Oriental Institute of the
7 References
Martin, Harriet P. (1982). The Early Dynastic Cemetery at al-'Ubaid, a Re-Evaluation. Iraq
44 (2): 145185. doi:10.2307/4200161. JSTOR
4200161.
Bogucki, Peter (1990). The Origins of Human Society. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 1-57718-112-3.
Charvt, Petr (2002). Mesopotamia Before History. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-41525104-4.
Mellaart, James (1975). The Neolithic of the Near
East. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-14483-2.
Nissen, Hans J. (1990). The Early History of the
Ancient Near East, 90002000 B.C. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-58658-8.
8 External links
Stone Statue from Tell al-'Ubaid - British Museum
Copper Bull gure from Tell al-'Ubaid - British Museum
Recent (2008) site photographs - British Museum
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