학술논문
Considering marine transgression as a mechanism for enforced migration and the littoral Gulf ʿUbaid phenomenon.
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Article
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*FLOODS
*FORCED migration
*UBAID culture
*BRONZE Age pottery
*HISTORY of urbanization
*LITTORAL zone
*HYDROLOGY
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ISSN
0905-7196
Abstract
ʿUbaid pottery was famously recorded by H.R. Hall during the excavation of a tell mound at Al ʿUbaid, and for nearly half a century became associated with the origins of urbanisation and developments in social hierarchy in southern Mesopotamia. The discovery in 1968 of ʿUbaid pottery around the western Gulf littoral, some 1000 km to the south of Mesopotamia, raised questions regarding the nature of interaction between these two societies. This paper considers the origins of this interaction and the effects of geomorphology, hydrology and the palaeoenvironment on regional migration. The extent to which topography and marine transgression were a catalyst for migration is also discussed as well as how, or if, such factors influenced post-transgression settlement dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]