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Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Mesopotamia
Not to be confused with Samara culture.
Samarra culture
Samarra culture (in violet ), next to Halaf, Hassuna and Ubaid cultures.
At Tell es-Sawwan, evidence of irrigation—including flax—establishes the presence of a prosperous settled culture with a highly organized social structure. The culture is primarily known for its finely made pottery decorated with stylized animals, including birds, and geometric designs on dark backgrounds. This widely exported type of pottery, one of the first widespread, relatively uniform pottery styles in the Ancient Near East, was first recognized at Samarra. The Samarran Culture was the precursor to the Mesopotamian culture of the Ubaid period. At Tell Sabi Abyad and other Late Neolithic sites in Syria, scholars adopt increasingly vague terms such as Samarra "influenced", Samarra-"related" or even Samarra "impulses", largely because we do not understand the relationships with the traditional Samarra heartlands. The term may be extended to include sites in Syria such as Tell Chagar Bazar, Tell Boueid II, Tell Sabi Abyad or Tell Halula, where similar pottery is currently being excavated in Pre-Halaf to Early Halaf Transitional contexts.
Samarra ware
The ceramic of this culture is named Samarra ware.
Samarra period fine ware, c. 6200–5700 BCE
Female figurine found in the Tell es Sawwan (middle Tigris, near Samarra), level 1, ca. 6000 BCE
Blackham, Mark (1996). "Further Investigations as to the Relationship of Samarran and Ubaid Ceramic Assemblages". Iraq. 58: 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0021088900003144. JSTOR4200416.
Further reading
NIEUWENHUYSE, Olivier; JACOBS, Loe; VAN AS, Bram; BROEKMANS, Tom; ADRIAENS, A. Mieke (2001). "Making Samarra Fine Ware - Technological Observations on Ceramics from Tell Baghouz (Syria)". Paléorient. 27 (1): 147–165. doi:10.3406/paleo.2001.4726. JSTOR41496601.
Samarra
Samarra period fine ware, c. 6200–5700 BCE
Female figurine found in the Tell es Sawwan (middle Tigris, near Samarra), level 1, ca. 6000 BCE
Fragment of Samarra pottery.
Samarra bowl, circa 4000 BCE
