ARTH 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Eridu, Mudbrick, Tigris
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Tell es-sawwan, choga mami, a little further east from the tigris river. Found evidence of ditches that guided the water from the rivers to the site. Also have evidence from paleo-botanical records that shows grains/plants that. Irrigation is key to farming successfully can only grow under well-watered conditions. The almost symmetrical floor plan has the two rooms in the center that may have been shared to show perhaps two families sharing the same roof. More private rooms and more public spaces, what are potential uses. Increase in interaction between settlements that happens with all this sharing of goods/ideas - competitive emulation- Has distinct style of pottery using colours (paint -red, black and white) and more complicated designs. Pottery has a distinct and take the form of animals (hedgehog) Southern iraq between euphrate and tigris river. Overlaps a bit with the halaf and samarra period. The name of the period derives again from the pottery that was found at that period.
