Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period

Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period
Geographical rangeMesopotamia
PeriodNeolithic 3 – Pottery Neolithic (PN)
Datesc. 5500–5000 BC
Type siteTepe Gawra
Preceded byHalaf culture
Followed byUbaid period
Map of Iraq showing important sites that were occupied during the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period (clickable map)

The Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period or HUT (c. 5500/5400 to 5200/5000 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. It lies chronologically between the Halaf period and the Ubaid period. It is still a complex and rather poorly understood period.[1] At the same time, recent efforts were made to study the gradual change from Halaf style pottery to Ubaid style pottery in various parts of North Mesopotamia.

  1. ^ Campbell, Stuart and Fletcher, Alexandra. 2010. Questioning the Halaf-Ubaid Transition in Carter, Robert and Philip, Graham Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. ISBN 978-1-885923-66-0. Available at http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/saoc/saoc63.html Archived 2013-11-15 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 25/07/2013). pp. 79–80.

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