Research Catalog

Title

Tell Abada : an Ubaid village in central Mesopotamia / by Sabah Abboud Jasim ; with contributions by Sebastian Payne and Bob Bewley ; introduction by Sabah Abboud Jasim.

Author

Jasim, Sabah Abboud

Publication

• Chicago : The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Payne, Sebastian
• Bewley, Robert

Description

xlii, 546 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans (some color); 31 cm.

Summary

"In the winter of 1978, ‬an extensive‭ ‬archaeological‭ ‬campaign was launched in the Hamrin Basin area in the east-central part of Iraq to salvage many archaeological sites before their flooding‭, ‬due to the construction of a large dam‭. ‬This volume documents the excavations carried out in two of the sites--Tell Abada and Tell Rashid--dating back to the Ubaid period in the fifth millennium‭ ‬BC. ‬The first site (‬Tell Abada) ‬is of particular importance; ‬it is an almost complete village with three occupational levels unearthed. ‬Several residential houses and buildings with distinctive architectural features are exposed. ‬Industrial workshops dedicated to the manufacture of pottery vessels are present. ‬Of express interest was the first-time discovery of pottery-making equipment‭, ‬notably the potter's wheel. ‬An equally exciting discovery is the presence of many fire installations dedicated to pottery vessels' ‬burning. ‬The pottery products are enormous‭, ‬varied‭, ‬and richly decorated, ‬reflecting aesthetic features and agility. ‬The presence of the pottery in a very well stratified sequence enhances our understanding of Ubaid pottery, ‬clarifies its chronological classifications‭, ‬and establishes cultural links with other Ubaid sites in the region. -- "Among other remarkable discoveries are many infant burial urns‭, ‬granaries‭, ‬water ducts, ‬and proto-tablets‭. The varied aspects of‭ ‬the cultural material revealed throughout the excavations provides significant insight into daily life, ‬settlement patterns, ‬craft specialization, religious practices‭, ‬and socioeconomic status‭, ‬and sheds new light on the Ubaid period in general in Mesopotamia."

Series Statement

Oriental Institute Publications ; volume 147

Uniform Title

University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; v.147.

Alternative Title

Ubaid village in central Mesopotamia

Subject

• Ubaid culture
• Antiquities
• Abada, Tall (Iraq)
• Hamrin Basin (Iraq) > Antiquities
• Iraq > Antiquities
• Iraq
• Iraq > Hamrin Basin

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xlii).

Contents

1. Geographical and Environmental Setting -- 2. Tell Abada: New Light on the Ubaid Period -- 3. The Pottery of Tell Abada -- 4. The Ubaid Sites in the Hamrin Region -- 5. Settlement Patterns: Subsitence and Site Distribution -- 6. Community Patterns: Inter- and Intra-Site Analysis -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1. Distribution of Artifacts -- Appendix 2. Distribution of Pottery -- Appendix 3. The Animal Bones from Tell Abada -- Appendix 4. Tell Abada: Preliminary Lithic Analysis -- Plates -- Figures.

Call Number

JFG 22-154

ISBN

• 1614910685
• 9781614910688

OCLC

1286793355

Author

Jasim, Sabah Abboud, author.

Title

Tell Abada : an Ubaid village in central Mesopotamia / by Sabah Abboud Jasim ; with contributions by Sebastian Payne and Bob Bewley ; introduction by Sabah Abboud Jasim.

Publisher

Chicago : The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oriental Institute Publications ; volume 147

University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; v.147.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xlii).

Added Author

Payne, Sebastian, contributor.

Bewley, Robert, contributor.

Research Call Number

JFG 22-154