NEOLITHIC POTTERY FROM THE NEAR EASTPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE ,Third International Workshop on Ceramics from the Late Neolithic Near East 7-9 March, 2019 – Antalya, TURKEY, 2021
Domuztepe is located 40 km to the south of Kahramanmaraş city center in the Turkish Eastern Medit... more Domuztepe is located 40 km to the south of Kahramanmaraş city center in the Turkish Eastern Mediterranean. After its discovery during a 1993 survey by an Anglo-American team, excavations began in 1995 until 2006 under E. Carter (UCLA) and continued by S. Campbell (University of Manchester) from 2008 until 2012. Since 2013, a Turkish team from Hacettepe University in Ankara has carried out the excavations under the directorship of H. Tekin.
The pottery of Domuztepe was classified into five main groups by the new team. The first group is composed of organic and sand-tempered rough clay. The second group is similar to the first group with regards to the production technique and surface treatment; however, the difference is mineral temper and tighter texture. The third group is the Dark Faced Burnished Ware. The fourth group is the Orange Fine Ware. The fifth group differs from others in paste quality and color. This group, named Fine Ware by the new team, consists mainly of painted examples known as the Halafian style in Near Eastern archaeology, painted with a very vibrant narrative scene. In addition to humans and animals, building and tree motifs have an important place in the narrative scenes.
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the northern part of Upper Mesopotamia have
been inhabited since the Early Neolithic period.
During the excavations carried out at the Early
Neolithic settlements of this region, imposing
monumental architecture has been uncovered.
Excavations at Göbekli Tepe, Nevali Çori, Çayönü,
and Hallan Çemi, the well-known Early Neolithic
sites of Near Eastern archaeology, are located on
the southern foothills of the Taurus Mountains.
Besides, excavations carried out in recent years
at Karahantepe, Gre Fılla, and Boncuklu Tarla
are also located in this landscape. In recent
years, information on the process after the Early
Neolithic period in the southern foothills of the
Taurus Mountains has increased. Thanks to the
archaeological activities intensified due to the
dams built on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, this
subject has provided significant information flow
in the last twenty-five years. In the Late Neolithic
period (c. 7000–5000 bc), people in this region
lived very differently from the previous period;
however, all inhabitants’ lifestyles were similar. In
this paper, the lifestyle of the Late Neolithic period
in the southern foothills of the Taurus Mountains
will be evaluated based on architectural remains.
The pottery of Domuztepe was classified into five main groups by the new team. The first group is composed of organic and sand-tempered rough clay. The second group is similar to the first group with regards to the production technique and surface treatment; however, the difference is mineral temper and tighter texture. The third group is the Dark Faced Burnished Ware. The fourth group is the Orange Fine Ware. The fifth group differs from others in paste quality and color. This group, named Fine Ware by the new team, consists mainly of painted examples known as the Halafian style in Near Eastern archaeology, painted with a very vibrant narrative scene. In addition to humans and animals, building and tree motifs have an important place in the narrative scenes.
the northern part of Upper Mesopotamia have
been inhabited since the Early Neolithic period.
During the excavations carried out at the Early
Neolithic settlements of this region, imposing
monumental architecture has been uncovered.
Excavations at Göbekli Tepe, Nevali Çori, Çayönü,
and Hallan Çemi, the well-known Early Neolithic
sites of Near Eastern archaeology, are located on
the southern foothills of the Taurus Mountains.
Besides, excavations carried out in recent years
at Karahantepe, Gre Fılla, and Boncuklu Tarla
are also located in this landscape. In recent
years, information on the process after the Early
Neolithic period in the southern foothills of the
Taurus Mountains has increased. Thanks to the
archaeological activities intensified due to the
dams built on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, this
subject has provided significant information flow
in the last twenty-five years. In the Late Neolithic
period (c. 7000–5000 bc), people in this region
lived very differently from the previous period;
however, all inhabitants’ lifestyles were similar. In
this paper, the lifestyle of the Late Neolithic period
in the southern foothills of the Taurus Mountains
will be evaluated based on architectural remains.
The pottery of Domuztepe was classified into five main groups by the new team. The first group is composed of organic and sand-tempered rough clay. The second group is similar to the first group with regards to the production technique and surface treatment; however, the difference is mineral temper and tighter texture. The third group is the Dark Faced Burnished Ware. The fourth group is the Orange Fine Ware. The fifth group differs from others in paste quality and color. This group, named Fine Ware by the new team, consists mainly of painted examples known as the Halafian style in Near Eastern archaeology, painted with a very vibrant narrative scene. In addition to humans and animals, building and tree motifs have an important place in the narrative scenes.