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Prehistorik Dönemde Uzmanlaşmaya Dair Bir Model: Ulucak Höyük Seramik Üretim Atölyesi (MÖ 6005-5840)
| Title in English | A Model of Specialisation in the Prehistoric Period: Ulucak Höyük Ceramic Production Workshop (6005-5840 BC) |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Turkish Journal of Archaeological Sciences |
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| Keywords | Ulucak Höyük;Pottery production workshop;mould;coiling;fingerprints |
| Description | The subject of this article is the pottery production workshop unearthed at Ulucak Höyük and dated to the beginning of the 6th millennium BCE. Ulucak Höyük is located in the town of Ulucak in Kemalpaşa district of Izmir. As one of the earliest Neolithic settlements of Western Anatolia, the site was first inhabited in 6850/6800 BCE and the habitation continued uninterruptedly until 5670 BCE. The pottery production workshop was found in Level IVc of the Ulucak Höyük sequence, dating to the Late Neolithic Period. It has been suggested that pottery production became a specialized production activity in Western Asia and the Aegean during the 6th millennium BCE based on technological analyses of pottery and the discovery of ceramic kilns at certain sites. Nonetheless, the specialized pottery production workshop at Ulucak, dating to the early 6th millennium BCE, is the only case so far to suggest that particular groups of people carried out pottery production. It also provides direct archaeological evidence for every stage of pottery production; from paste preparing and shaping to surface treatment and firing of pots. This article discusses the chronological and cultural background of the workshop, its architectural features, the nature and spatial distribution of the finds, as well as the results of the fingerprint analyses of ceramics and clay loaves, and the chemical analyses (ICP-MS) of red paint, lime, ash and clay loaves. We interpret these results in the context of early ceramic specialization. |
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