How did the ' Ubaid pottery' become popular in the Arabian Gulf? plz give correct answer...plz.........
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This period was characterised by semi-nomadic herding of cattle, sheep and goats in the desert interior region (Potts, 1990; Uerpmann, 1992). Survey work and limited excavations in the UAE has revealed vast ABT/Ubaid period shell middens (Plate 5) along the coastal area between Abu Dhabi and Ras al-Khaimah (Vogt, 1994; Boucharlat et al., 1991; Uerpmann and Uerpmann, 1996). The finds of pottery, beads, net sinkers and flint tools represent the presence of a nomadic population living at the coast during the summer months. ...
... From the dated shell middens along the coast, fishing and the gathering of shellfish was important for eating. In addition, hunting would have supplemented the diet (Uerpmann and Uerpmann, 1996). Radiocarbon dates from ABT/Ubaid period sites from the coast and offshore islands were collated and calibrated (Table 3) with the local marine calibration curve for the Arabian Gulf used for marine shells (Southon et al., 2002). ...
... Uerpmann (1992 Uerpmann ( , 2002) has suggested that climatic deterioration caused dramatic changes in semi-desert nomadism, subsistence, and settlement patterns around 5800 cal BP. The number of known sites suggests that the population shrank considerably at this time and became concentrated in the few parts of Arabia which offered greater ecological diversity (Uerpmann and Uerpmann, 1996). The 5800 cal BP date follows on shortly after the retreat of the IOM and the cessation of the Hoti cave speleothem record (Neff et al., 2001), central Rub' al-Khali lakes (McClure, 1976) and the phase of lake lowering and the onset of dune reactivation at Awafi (Parker et al., 2004).