ANTH 2820 Chapter Notes - Chapter Lec. 9: Lapis Lazuli, Alluvial Fan, Eridu
28 Mar 2017
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Stein economy, ritual, and power in ubaid mesopotamia . Concept of chiefdom no longer evolutionary stage or a descriptive model. Two new developments that cause reconsideration: chiefdoms = complex societies, broad range among the classifications of chiefdoms. Chapter about ubaid society and the evidence that it fits in the revised model for chiefly societies. Refers to both a time period and a material culture. 5500 - 3800 bce: starts with 0 period. Tell oueili in southern iraq only site for this period yet: then 1-4. First to settle on the mesopotamian alluvial fan: needed heavy irrigation, salt tolerant crops, such as barley. Heavy alluviation reliance on deeply embedded sites: i. e. eridu and oueili, limits the data and knowledge of this period. Know a lot more about 2, 3, and 4 periods: in ubaid 2 and 3 ceramics spread south along arabian coast of the persian gulf.
