Tell al-‘Ubaid

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An ancient habitation mound (tell) in southern Mesopotamia, located about 7 km (4 mi) west of Ur. The ancient name of the site is uncertain, although it has been identified as the Sumerian town of Nutur. The archaeological site has given its name to an entire cultural period of the prehistory of Mesopotamia.

Ubaid culture is characterized by large village settlements, characterized by multi-roomed rectangular mud-brick houses and the appearance of the first temples of public architecture in Mesopotamia, with a growth of a two tier settlement hierarchy of centralized large sites of more than 10 hectares surrounded by smaller village sites of less than 1 hectare. Domestic equipment included a distinctive fine quality buff or greenish colored pottery decorated with geometric designs in brown or black paint; tools such as sickles were often made of hard fired clay in the south. But in the north, stone and sometimes metal were used.

During the Ubaid Period [5000 B.C.– 4000 B.C.], the movement towards urbanization began. "Agriculture and animal husbandry [domestication] were widely practiced in sedentary communities." There were also tribes that practiced domesticating animals as far north as Turkey, and as far south as the Zagros Mountains en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_al-%60Ubaid
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_al-`Ubaid
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Coordinates:   30°58'19"N   46°1'50"E

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