Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Mesopotamian (culture or style)
8. prehistoric Mesopotamian periods
9. prehistoric Southern Mesopotamian periods

Narrower term/s

• Eridu
• Hajji Muhammed
• Ubaid 3
• Ubaid 4

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a period and culture that developed in southern Mesopotamia during the 5th millennium BCE, named after the site of Tell Al-Ubaid. The period is divided into four phases based on a sequence of pottery styles, which consist generally of a black painted, greenish buff ceramic with geometric decoration.