'Ubaid and ED pottery from five sites at' Ain as-Sayh, Saudi Arabia

This paper presents an analysis of sherds, collected from five archaeological sites at'Ain as-Sayh in Saudi Arabia. The original material has not been available to the author. Consequently, the analysis is based on drawings, photos, and notes provided by H. A. McClure, one of the researchers who collected the material in the field. The sherds may be divided into two groups: one dated to the'Ubaid period, and one dated roughly to the third millennium BC. In the paper the sherds are typologized and compared with material from other sites. A dating of the'Ain as-Sayh sites is attempted with reference to the distribution of pottery-types on the sites, geomorphological information, and a set of mutually consistent radiocarbon dates.