A clickable map of Iraq detailing important sites that were occupied during the Ubaid period.
Geographical range
Near East
Period
Neolithic
Dates
c. 5500 – c. 3700 BC
Type site
Tell al-'Ubaid
Major sites
Tell el-'Oueili
Tell Abu Shahrain
Hadji Muhammed
Choga Mami
Tell Abada
Tepe Gawra
Preceded by
Pottery Neolithic
Samarra period
Hassuna period
Halaf period
Followed by
Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period
Uruk period
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The Ubaid period (c. 5500–3700 BC)[1] is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. The name derives from Tell al-'Ubaid where the earliest large excavation of Ubaid period material was conducted initially in 1919 by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley.[2]
In South Mesopotamia the period is the earliest known period on the alluvial plain although it is likely earlier periods exist obscured under the alluvium.[3] In the south it has a very long duration between about 5500 and 3800 BC when it is replaced by the Uruk period.[1]
In Northern Mesopotamia the period runs only between about 5300 and 4300 BC.[1] It is preceded by the Halaf period and the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period and succeeded by the Late Chalcolithic period.
^ abcCarter 2006a, p. 2: "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."
The Ubaidperiod (c. 5500–3700 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. The name derives from Tell al-'Ubaid where the earliest large excavation of...
New Stone Age: c. 10000 – c. 5000 BC Ubaidperiod: c. 6500 – c. 4100 BC Copper Age: c. 5000 – c. 3300 BC Uruk period: c. 4100 – c. 3100 BC Uruk XIV–V phases:...
Halaf period was succeeded by the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period, which comprised the late Halaf (c. 5400–5000 BC), and then by the Ubaidperiod. Previously...
period and the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period and succeeded by the Late Chalcolithic period. The new period is named Northern Ubaid to distinguish it from...
16 km (10 mi) from Nasiriyah in modern-day Iraq. The city dates from the Ubaidperiod circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in written history as a city-state from...
of Mesopotamia, after the Ubaidperiod and before the Jemdet Nasr period. Named after the Sumerian city of Uruk, this period saw the emergence of urban...
VI were from the Ubaidperiod and Levels V to I were dated to the Uruk period. Significant habitation was found from the Uruk period with "non-secular"...
Hassuna culture Halaf-Ubaid Transitional periodUbaidperiod Uruk period Jemdet Nasr period (3100 BC – 2900 BC) Early Dynastic Period (2900 BC – 2270 BC)...
Hassuna and early Ubaid. The Ubaidperiod (c. 6500–3800 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. The name derives from Tell al-'Ubaid in Southern Mesopotamia...
"Radiometric data suggest that the whole Southern Mesopotamian Ubaidperiod, including Ubaid 0 and 5, is of immense duration, spanning nearly three millennia...
originated in the Jemdet Nasr period (3100–2900 BC) and is built on structures from earlier periods dating back to the Ubaidperiod. According to the SKL, Uruk...
8000 BC and continued to expand through the Ubaidperiod around 6000 BC. Cities began in the Uruk period (4000–3100 BC) and expanded during the Jemdet...
(~6000–5300 BC) Ubaidperiod (~6500–4000 BC) Uruk period (~4000–3100 BC) Jemdet Nasr period (~3100–2900 BC) Early Bronze Age Early Dynastic period (~2900–2350...
period and the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period and succeeded by the Late Chalcolithic period. The new period is named Northern Ubaid to distinguish it from...
Mesolithic to the Neolithic. The Ubaidperiod (c. 6500–3800 BC) began in Mesopotamia, its name derived from Tell al-'Ubaid where the first significant excavation...
Mesopotamia, which documents the Ubaidperiod (Ubaid 0 phase, c. 6200 BC - 5900 BC). Painted dish from the Samarra period. Pergamonmuseum, Berlin. Painted...
in the area during the Neolithic period, evidenced by the discovery of potsherds originating from the Ubaidperiod near coastal encampments. The peninsula...
Prehistorically the area was well settled during the Ubaidperiod and shared many aspects of Ubaid cultures. Knowledge of Elamite history remains largely...
[citation needed] King Ilu-shuma (c. 2008–1975 BC) of the Old Assyrian period (2025–1750 BC) in a known inscription describes his exploits to the south...
Halaf period, the Ubaidperiod, and the Uruk period (4000–3100 BC). Tepe Gawra contains material relating to the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period c. 5,500–5...
identified with the Ubaidperiod, but it is not known whether or not these were Sumerians (associated later with the Uruk period). Dates are approximate...
had been recovered throughout these sites. This was in the context of Ubaidperiod architectural complexes typical of southern Mesopotamian architecture...
The Ubaid house is a dwelling used by the Ubaid culture of the Neolithic era. It is the predecessor of the Ubaid temple as well as Sumerian domestic and...
Sumerian claimants. Epigraphic sources from the Sargonic (Akkadian Empire) period are in relatively short supply, partly because the capital Akkad, like the...
at several sites dating to this period, including Tell es-Sawwan. During the 5th millennium BCE, or late Ubaidperiod, northeastern Syria was dotted by...