Sheikh Hassan

Interestingly, perhaps the first evidence of contact between the south and true north is at Tell Brak, where in level 16 a few beveled-rim bowls were found. Dates for this level vary. David and Joan Oates (1997 287) placed it around 3500 BCE, with which Wright and Rupley concur (2001 101-2). Subsequent work at the site, however, seems to have pushed the date back to before 3600 BCE (it is considered Late Chalcobthic 3 see, for example, Rothman 2002 52, table 2) and perhaps as early as 3700 BCE (Akkermans and Schwartz 2003 fig. 6.3 Oates 2005 18-21). This would correspond to the establishment of Sheikh Hassan around 3680/3600 BCE. A walled site of approximately one hectare. Sheikh Hassan is the first so-called Uruk colony, with the possible exception of Tell Abr. It contains a cell building similar to that of ZeytinU... 

However, this is labeled Late Chalcolithic 4 in Akkermans and Schwartz 2003 fig. 6.3. While the colony status of Sheikh Hassan, Habuba Kabira, and Jebel Aruda is well known, Schwartz (2001) also includes Tell el Hajj, Hadidi, Mureybit, and Tannira in this category, although I doubt that there is enough exposure at these latter sites on which to base this... 

But what is I would suggest that while the overall pattern of expansion seems like a gradual rise, retraction, and collapse, the small shifts within this mapping should be given due consideration, for they break down the picture of systematic and monolithic movement and reveal it to be, in essence, a series of stops and starts. What happens at each point is in part a product of the previous point and in part a product of the new situations in place at that moment in time. The relocation of a colony presence in the Late Uruk period from the left bank of the Euphrates at Sheikh Hassan, to Habuba Kabira and Jebel Aruda... 

Fahmina Zafar Eram Sharmin , Sheikh Shreaz , Hina Zafar , Muzaifar U1 Hassan... 

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