Periode Ubaid

Periode Ubaid (c. 6500 sampai 3800 SM)^[1] adalah periode prasejarah Mesopotamia. Namanya berasal dari Tell al-`Ubaid, sebuah lokasi penggalian besar pada periode Ubaid yang dilakukan pertama kali oleh Henry Hall dan kemudian dilanjutkan oleh Leonard Woolley.^[2]

Periode Ubaid

Jangkauan geografis	Mesopotamia
Periode	Chalcolithic
Tanggal	c. 6500 — c. 3800 SM
Jenis situs	Tell al-`Ubaid
Situs induk	Eridu
Didahului oleh	Periode transisi Halaf-Ubaid, Budaya Hassuna, Budaya Samarra
Diikuti oleh	Uruk period

Di Mesopotamia bagian Utara periode ini hanya berjalan antara sekitar 5300 dan 4300 SM.^[3] Periode ini didahului oleh Periode Halaf dan Periode transisi Halaf-Ubaid kemudian digantikan oleh Periode Chalcolithic Akhir.

Catatan

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 University of Chicago (2010) ISBN 978-1-885923-66-0 p.2, at http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/saoc/saoc63.html Diarsipkan 2013-11-15 di Wayback Machine.; "Radiometric data suggest that the whole Southern Mesopotamian Ubaid period, including Ubaid 0 and 5, is of immense duration, spanning nearly three millennia from about 6500 to 3800 B.C".
2. Hall, Henry R. and Woolley, C. Leonard. 1927. Al-'Ubaid. Ur Excavations 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Referensi

• Martin, Harriet P. (1982). "The Early Dynastic Cemetery at al-'Ubaid, a Re-Evaluation". Iraq. 44 (2): 145–185. doi:10.2307/4200161. JSTOR 4200161.
• Moore, A. M. T. (2002). "Pottery Kiln Sites at al 'Ubaid and Eridu". Iraq. 64: 69–77. doi:10.2307/4200519. JSTOR 4200519.
• Bogucki, Peter (1990). The Origins of Human Society. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 1-57718-112-3.
• Charvát, Petr (2002). Mesopotamia Before History. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25104-4.
• 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, 9000–2000 B.C. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-58658-8.

Pranala luar

• Stone Statue from Tell al-'Ubaid - British Museum
• Copper Bull figure from Tell al-'Ubaid - British Museum
• Recent (2008) site photographs - British Museum