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  Intrasite Variability and Changing Social Practices during the Ubaid-Late Chalcolithic Transition at Tell Zeidan, Syria

Fisher, M. (2022). Intrasite Variability and Changing Social Practices during the Ubaid-Late Chalcolithic Transition at Tell Zeidan, Syria. Paléorient, 48(1): 1614, pp. 73-97. doi:10.4000/paleorient.1614.

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Free keywords: Chalcolithique récent, Obeid, Tell Zeidan, dynamique intra-site, développement sociopolitique, Mésopotamie Late Chalcolithic 1, Ubaid, Tell Zeidan, intrasite analysis, sociopolitical development, Mesopotamia
 Abstract: By the mid-5th millennium BCE, the dark-on-light painted pottery style common to Ubaid societies across Greater Mesopotamia was slowly becoming less prominent relative to unpainted wares made using new, faster technologies. While this shift has helped identify the development of a Late Chalcolithic cultural complex, the material culture, polity types, and rates of change in the LC1 period are also characterised by both regional variation and local variability. Indeed, a gradual transformation belies an identifiable distinction between socially structuring elements of the Ubaid and LC1 periods. To explore the nature of this distinction, this paper considers artefact distribution, spatial function, and intrasite dynamics at Tell Zeidan, Syria. The latest Ubaid and earliest Late Chalcolithic levels at Zeidan reveal a course of development from an economically centralised society into an economically decentralised town marked by sociocultural variation. This dataset viewed in the broader regional context illustrates both LC1 variability and a commonality of socio-organisational departure from the Ubaid period. The paper concludes by proposing a theoretical model of sociopolitical change that highlights instrumental variability in craft production as a key factor.
 Abstract: Au milieu du Ve millénaire avant J.-C., le style de céramique peinte foncé sur clair commun aux sociétés de l’Obeid de Grande Mésopotamie devient petit à petit moins important que le style non peint, fabriqué à l’aide de nouvelles technologies plus rapides. Bien que ce changement ait aidé à identifier le développement d’un complexe culturel du Chalcolithique récent, la culture matérielle, les types d’entités politiques et le cours des changements durant la période du LC1 sont également caractérisés à la fois par une variation régionale et une variabilité locale. En effet, la transformation progressive masque la distinction que l’on pourrait identifier entre les éléments socialement structurants des périodes d’Obeid et du LC1. Pour explorer la nature de cette distinction, notre article étudie la distribution des artefacts, la fonction spatiale et la dynamique intra-site à Tell Zeidan en Syrie. Le dernier niveau de l’Obeid et les premiers niveaux du Chalcolithique récent à Tell Zeidan montrent l’évolution économique d’une société au départ centralisée vers une ville décentralisée, marquée par des variations socioculturelles. Cet ensemble de données, considéré dans un contexte régional plus large, illustre à la fois la variabilité et les points communs entre le LC1 et l’Obeid, et pour ce dernier, le démarrage d’une nouvelle organisation sociale. L’article se termine en considérant un modèle théorique de changement sociopolitique qui met en évidence la variabilité instrumentale dans la production artisanale comme un facteur clé.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 20222022
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: [ca. 29]
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 Table of Contents: Methodology
Distributional assessment of “small finds” at LC1 Tell Zeidan
Textile manufacture and leather working (n=17)
Lithic manufacturing debris (n=12)
Food Storage, Processing, and Preparation Equipment (n=15)
Administrative debris (n = 27)
Summary of faunal analysis for LC1 levels at Tell Zeidan
Summary of LC1 ceramics at Tell Zeidan
LC1 Architecture at Tell Zeidan
Construction Techniques and Materials
Building Types
Functional Features
Cultural Features
Interpretation
Discussion: modelling change for 5th millennium BCE Mesopotamia
Conclusion
 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.4000/paleorient.1614
Other: gea0329
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Title: Paléorient
  Other : Paleorient
  Other : Delineating the End of a World: Reassessing the Ubaid/post-Ubaid Transition in Greater Mesopotamia [thematic issue]
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Publ. Info: Persée : CNRS
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 48 (1) Sequence Number: 1614 Start / End Page: 73 - 97 Identifier: ISSN: 0153-9345
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/0153-9345