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Ubaid house

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The Ubaid house is a dwelling used by the Ubaid culture of the Neolithic era. It is the predecessor of the Ubaid temple as well as Sumerian domestic and temple architecture. This house type has for example been excavated at Tell Rashid in Iraq.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Pollock, Susan (1999). Ancient Mesopotamia : the eden that never was. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-57334-3. OCLC 40609053.
  2. ^ Uwe Sievertsen (2010). "Buttress - recess architecture and status symbolism in the ubaid period". In Robert A. Carter; Graham Philip (eds.). Beyond the Ubaid : transformation and integration in the late prehistoric societies of the Middle East (PDF). The Ubaid Expansion? Cultural meaning, identity and the lead-up to urbanism: International Workshop held at Grey College, University of Durham, 20–22 April 2006. Chicago, Ill.: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. ISBN 978-1-885923-66-0. OCLC 646401242.