After the Ubaid
Subtitle: interpreting change from the Caucasus to Mesopotamia at the dawn of urban civilization (4500-3500BC) : papers from the Post-Ubaid Horizon in the Fertile Crescent and Beyond International Workshop held at Fosseuse, 29th June-1st July 2009
By: edited by Catherine Marro
Contributors: Marro, Catherine, editor
Series: Varia anatolica -- 27; Varia Anatolica -- 27.
Publisher: De Boccard Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9782362450075
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Congresses; Civilization; Antiquities
Description: The time period between the end of the Ubaid and the beginning of the Uruk expansion is one of the least known, yet most important eras in the ancient history of the Middle East. This era, which is often referred to as the "Post-Ubaid" period, is marked by major structural changes such as the rise of social hierarchies, technological innovations and economic reorganisation, which eventually led to the emergence of proto-states and cities. The recent finding of "Post-Ubaid-related" sites in regions deemed to be located far beyond the Ubaid purview, such as Cilicia, Cappadocia or the south Caucasus, has added another dimension to this picture: these sites suggest that the organic relationships more or less implicitly established between the "Post-Ubaid horizon" and the Ubaid world may in fact be much weaker than once thought.
Notes: Contributions in English; prefatory matter in French; abstracts in French and English.
Table of contents: title: Is there a Post-Ubaid culture? : reflections on the transition from the Ubaid to the Uruk periods along the Fertile Cresent and beyond / Catherine Marro; title: Transitions as an archaeological concept : interpreting the final Ubaid-Late Chalcolithic transition in the northern periphery of Mesopotamia / Marcella Frangipane; title: The Terminal Ubaid (LC 1) level at Tell Brak / Joan Oates; title: A ceramic chronology from Tell Hamoukar's southern extension / Khaled Abu Jayyab; title: Tell Feres al-Sharqi in the LC 1-2 period : serial production and regionalisation of ceramic traditions : a perspective from a small rural site / Johnny Samuele Baldi; title: A comparison of the ceramic assemblages from Tell Feres al-Sharqi and Hamoukar / Johnny Samuele Baldi and Khaled Abu Jayyab; title: The Terminal Ubaid assemblage of Tell al'Abr and its identity / Yayoi Yamazaki; title: The Oylum Höyük western terrace Post-Ubaid assemblage and its place within the Late Chalcolithic of Western Asia / Barbara Helwing; title: The beginning of the Late Chalcolithic occupation at Arslantepe, Malatya / Francesca Balossi-Restelli; title: Tell Afis and the northern Orontes region in the Post-Ubaid period / Deborah Giannessi; title: Traditions west of the Euphrates at the beginning of the Late Chalcolithic : characteristics, definitions, and supra-regional correlations / Francesca Balossi-Restelli and Barbara Helwing; title: The view from the north : comparative analysis of the Chalcolithic pottery assemblages from Norşuntepe and Ovçular Tepesi; title: The Ubaid impact on the periphery : Mersin-Yumuktepe during the fifth millennium BC / Isabella Caneva, Giulio Palumbi and Antonia Pasquino; title: Coba bowls, mass-production and social change in Post-Ubaid times / Johnny Samuele Baldi; title: Lithic industries of the Ubaid and Post-Ubaid period in northern Mesopotamia / Judith Thomalsky.