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Uruk Period

The "Uruk Period" is a chrono-cultural phase in Mesopotamian archaeology, spanning approximately 4000 to 3100 BCE, distinguished as the period during which urbanization, monumental architecture, and early writing systems emerged in southern Mesopotamia, marking the transition from prehistory to history.

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A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 323 citations

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From Passive Periphery to Active Agents: Emerging Perspectives in the Archaeology of Interregional Interaction

Gil J. Stein · American Anthropologist · 2002 · 232 citations

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Early Mesopotamian urbanism: a new view from the north

Joan Oates, Augusta McMahon, Philip Karsgaard et al. · Antiquity · 2007 · 182 citations · Full text

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Initial Social Complexity in Southwestern Asia

Guillermo Algaze · Current Anthropology · 2001 · 155 citations

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The Uruk world system: the dynamics of expansion of early Mesopotamian civilization

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 155 citations

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Authors

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  1. SP
    Susan Pollock

    Binghamton University, United States

    7 publications · 202 citations

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  2. GA
    Guillermo Algaze

    University of California San Diego, United States

    6 publications · 417 citations

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  3. SA
    Saber Ahmed Saber

    3 publications · 67 citations

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  4. GM
    Glenn M. Schwartz

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    3 publications · 219 citations

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  5. JS
    John Steele

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  1. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    146 citations

  2. College of Marin

    Kentfield, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  3. Moody Bible Institute

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    272 citations

  5. University of South Florida St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    192 citations

  7. Université de Strasbourg

    Strasbourg, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  8. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    185 citations

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  1. Iraq

    13 publications · 391 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 670 citations

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  3. American Journal of Archaeology

    5 publications · 279 citations

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  4. Paléorient

    4 publications · 138 citations

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  5. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

    4 publications · 44 citations

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