"Looking for Patterns in the Ottoman Pottery Trade."

Istanbuler Mitteilungen , 2022

D'Anna, Maria Bianca – Sanders, Akiva – Fragnoli, Pamela The Late Chalcolithic Pottery of the Malatya and Altınova Regions. Distinct but Overlapping Communities of Practice This paper focuses on the ceramic industries from the Malatya and Altınova Plains in the Upper Euphrates Region of Eastern Turkey at the end of the Late Chalcolithic Period (LC 5, ca. 3400–3200 BCE). We introduce the products of these industries in their historical contexts, by connecting them with regional trends from the end of the Early Chalcolithic Period, in their geographic contexts, by comparing them to ceramic assemblages from Upper Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia, and in their architectural and social contexts. The picture that emerges is one in which enduring local traditions of ceramic production continue alongside newly introduced traditions that preserve their distinctiveness in appearance, function, and production techniques, although they were mostly produced locally. The products of the various potter communities that were involved in these parallel industries were integrated on matters of food storage, preparation, and consumption that cross-cut these communities while also emphasizing their distinctiveness. However, despite these overall similarities, deep differences in paste recipes, production techniques, and inter-regional connections between the close-by Malatya and Altınova Plains persist during every period addressed in this paper.

World Archaeology, 2022

We explore the Late Chalcolithic 3-4 to Early Bronze Age I pottery from Arslantepe by combining compositional, technological and morpho-typological analyses. The paper investigates to what extent economic and political changes affected the organisation of production in terms of natural resources, human labour, and practices. The wheel-finished vessels show a strong continuity in the raw materials, while the organisation of labour changed with an increased task division under the control of the central elites from the LC3-4 to the LC5. By the EBA Ib, the pottery manufacture shows the development of a more autonomous, restricted and skilled community of craftspeople. The handmade burnished production conversely exhibits a stable organisation of labour, while the supply strategies manifested drastic changes related to the non-sedentary subsistence economy of the groups producing this pottery. We can imagine a community of practice independent of political hierarchies and aimed at functional and aesthetic results.

: F. Yenişehirlioğlu (ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Congress AIECM3 on Medieval and Modern Period Mediterranean Ceramics, Antalya, 19-24 October 2015. Koç University VEKAM, Ankara., 2018

Cet article est une courte synthèse de notre étude des productions céramiques à la transition entre périodes byzantine et turque dans l’Ouest anatolien. Des analyses archéométriques associées aux données archéologiques ont permis de définir des productions, parfois localisées, et d’observer l’apparition de nouveaux types locaux avec l’installation des premières populations turques. L’étude des éléments de décor a permis de caractériser leurs techniques de fabrication, et de montrer que bien que la tradition byzantine locale (glaçure plombifère reposant sur un engobe argileux) soit toujours observée avec les sgraffitos polychromes et les céramiques à décor moulé, de nouvelles recettes sont utilisées pour les céramiques à glaçure turquoise et pour les «Miletus Ware», avec l’apparition de glaçures alcalino-plombifères. Pour ce qui est des engobes, ils deviennent synthétiques avec les «Miletus Ware», préfigurant ainsi les productions plus tardives d’Iznik.

PEUCE, S.N. XXI, p. 99 – 124, 2024

Since the Early Iron Age in the Thracian Region is characterised by the existence of illiterate communities, the archaeological record represents the most important source of information for defining this period of the region's history. The best represented category of archaeological finds is undoubtedly the pottery. The research on the pottery finds from Turkish Thrace, which constitutes a large part of Eastern Thrace, is generally based on short-term projects of the 1980s and 1990s, and the definitions and theories put forward during these periods have survived until today without much change. In recent years, increased research in the Balkans has led to a diversification of the documentation, information and interpretations regarding the Early Iron Age pottery repertoire. Within the scope of the doctoral thesis prepared by the author between 2021 and 2023, the pottery repertoire of the region has been classified and its cultural connections have been discussed based on revisiting the results of old excavations and surveys carried out in Turkish Thrace and evaluating the results of new surveys. The data reveal that the Early Iron Age pottery of Eastern Thrace was influenced by the pottery of the Middle and Late Bronze Age societies of the northern and north-western Balkan region, especially during the first phase of the period. In addition, it could be determined that the Early Iron Age communities from Eastern Thrace developed cultural relations both within the limits of this territory and with other parts of Thrace. With an Early Iron Age culture that is open to environmental interaction but also has strong internal dynamics, Eastern Thrace was a noteworthy transitional region for the transmission of Balkan cultural elements carried to Anatolia, the Aegean and the Mediterranean at the beginning of the period. Rezumat: Dat fiind faptul că prima epocă a fierului în regiunea Traciei este caracterizată de existența unor comunități ce nu cunoșteau scrisul, cea mai importantă sursă de cunoaștere rămâne cea a descoperirilor arheologice. Dintre acestea, cea mai răspândită categorie este cea a ceramicii. Studierea descoperirilor ceramice din Tracia turcească, regiune ce constituie o parte importantă a Traciei de Est, au fost în general bazate pe proiecte de scurtă durată desfășurate în anii 1980 și 1990, iar definițiile și teoriile puse în circulație au continuat să fie utilizate până în prezent fără mari schimbări. Recent, dezvoltarea cercetărilor pe această temă în Balcani a dus la o diversificare a documentației, informației și interpretărilor privind repertoriul ceramic al primei epoci a fierului. Ca parte a lucrării de doctorat pregătite de autor între anii 2021 și 2023, s-a propus o clasificare a repertoriului ceramic al regiunii și s-au discutat legăturile culturale cu alte regiuni, pe baza vechilor cercetări arheologice și cercetări de suprafață, la care s-a adăugat evaluarea rezultatelor cercetărilor de suprafață întreprinse recent. Datele obținute arată că ceramica primei epoci a fierului din Tracia de Est a fost influențată de tradițiile păstrate din Bronzul Mijlociu și Târziu din nord și nord-vestul a regiunii balcanice, în special la începutul primei epoci a fierului. În plus, există dovezi că aceste comunități din Tracia de Est întrețineau legături nu doar în interiorul regiunii, ci și cu celelalte părți ale Traciei. 100 Umut M. DOĞAN Cu o primă epocă a fierului caracterizată de deschidere spre interacțiuni cu alte zone, dar și de o dinamică internă puternică, Tracia Răsăriteană a reprezentat o regiune importantă pentru transmiterea trăsăturilor culturale balcanice spre Anatolia, Egeea și Mediterana la începutul acestei perioade.

Journal of Islamic Archaeology, 2019

Rescue excavations conducted at ICAM in Timișoara have shed light on a relatively rare pottery type of the Ottoman period. Since the 2015 campaign, great strides have been made in Ottoman period archaeology in Timișoara, but little attention has been given to the everyday ceramics of the site. The sgraffito pottery from Timișoara represents a distinctive indicator of the mentality and consumption habits of the communities of the Ottoman period. Analysis of this pottery type has shed light on the nature of the various social and economic networks that developed under Ottoman rule. Deriving the multifaceted meanings attached to these sgraffito wares will contribute to the overall history of Timișoara during the Ottoman era (16th-17th centuries), and within the context of other archaeological remains it will aid in reconstructing the topographical situation of the town and its social life. 1. A synthesis of the plans for the development of Timișoara in the Ottoman period can be found here. See Figure 9 (p.21, 23). 2. Past excavations from the large Ottoman suburb (Palanca Mare) exposed parts of the street network and wooden households, stone and brick building structures, water wells, supply pits. See: Szentmiklosi, Bălărie 2012; Bozu et al. 2015; Gindele, Gaşpar 2016; Gindele et al. 2016. The small suburb (Palanca Mică) was investigated and the research aimed at establishing the stratigraphy and identifying elements of habitation. See: Gindele and Gaşpar 2015, 2016. 3. A study was included in the fellowship project called Early Ottoman Cities in a Comparative Perspective: The Case of Temesvar." The paper project will be published in English on the website https://www.mamluk.unibonn.de/publications, and in the volume of the institute.

2021

134 6.3 Results of pottery classifi cation 6.3.1 Neolithic potsherds and four ware-types found in the 2012 season Eighteen Neolithic potsherds were recovered from Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe in the 2012 season. This is the largest sample size of all the seasons (2013: three sherds; 2014: six sherds; 2015: two sherds), despite the fact that the 2012 season's excavated area (only Square M10) was limited compared to that of other seasons. This sample size enabled the classifi cation of four ware-types in terms of pottery-making techniques. The descriptions of the 2012 season's diagnostic potsherds, shown via photographs and drawings, are presented in Table 6.1. Fine Ware The fi rst ware-type, defi ned by the 2012 season's potsherds, was Fine Ware (FW) (Fig. 6.1: 1-2). Two potsherds of this ware-type were discovered. Its fabric color ranges from orange, dull orange, and brownish gray to grayish brown (see Table 6.1 for details). This ware-type fabric is fi ne, and the inclusion of mica and brown minerals (0.1-0.5 mm in diameter) was confi rmed. This ware-type was fashioned using a coiling method. Both FW sherds were thin (approximately 8 mm in thickness) and belong to parts (neck and body parts) of a small jar. Regarding surface-treatment techniques, both samples are horizontally wet-smoothed on their interiors, but they have different treatments on their exterior surfaces. The exterior surface of the ware in Fig. 6.1: 1 was wet-smoothed and subsequently slipped (color: grayish yellow-brown); the exterior surface of the ware in Fig. 6.1: 2 was lightly burnished. These FW sherds are well-fi red. Traces of secondary fi ring were not found in the FW. In addition to these characteristics of the pottery-making techniques and vessel forms, only FW has painted decoration on its exterior. The paint is black or dark reddish-brown. The painted motifs are common for both sherds in that several bands (5-8 mm thick) are horizontally applied to the upper body. Then, the spaces between these bands are fi lled either with horizontal zigzag lines (Fig. 6.1: 1) or with oblique lines (Fig. 6.1: 2). As for the discovered FW contexts, the ware in Fig. 6.1: 1 was recovered from the soft ashy sediment of Level 2 in Square M10 (M10-14), while that in Fig. 6.1: 2 came from a large pit fi lled with ash in Level 2 of Square M10 (M10-58 and 60). Mineral-tempered Medium Ware The second ware-type defi ned in the 2012 season is Mineral-tempered Medium Ware (MMW), which includes brown or reddish-brown mineral inclusions (approximately 0.5-1.0 mm in diameter). The authors changed this ware-type's name from "mineral tempered common ware" to express the frequency of inclusions clearly. Only two sherds belonging to MMW were collected. No picture of this ware-type was presented in the 2012 season's report, so knowing its fabric color, preserved part, and vessel form is diffi cult. Faint burnishing is applied on its exterior surface, and its interior surface is wet-smoothed. MMW is well-fi red. The contexts and discovered levels of the MMW of the 2012 season were not reported, except for the information that it was discovered in the upper two levels. Mineral-tempered Coarse Ware The third ware-type is Mineral-tempered Coarse Ware (MCW) (Fig. 6.2: 2-4). Although this waretype was reportedly the most common of the four ware-types at Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe in the 2012 season, the exact number of MCW sherds has not been reported. This ware-type's fabric contains

Glazed pottery from the Belgrade Fortress, already evaluated contextually and typologically, allow us to address some important issues of pottery production and craſt specialisation in the Ottoman period (16th—17th centuries). In order to determine the degree of pottery standardisation, this article will analyse the main production parameters, such as shape, size/volume and production technology. The production organisation and craſt skills in all aspects of pottery making are examined as well.

Documenta Praehistorica XLVII, 2020

ABSTRACT – It has been increasingly clear that pottery was adopted as a continuous technology during the first quarter of the 7th millennium BC in a wide region, from Upper Mesopotamia through Central Anatolia and the Lakes District region. However, the absence of pottery in the basal level at Ulucak Höyük shows the presence of a pre-ceramic sequence in western Anatolia, before c. 6600/ 6500 cal BC. This article discusses the earliest pottery assemblage from Ulucak (6600/6500–6200 cal BC) and compares it with the later ceramic sequences at the site. Ultimately, the functional and typological developmental sequence of Neolithic pottery at Ulucak Höyük and its temporo-spatial relations with other Neolithic sites in Anatolia will be assessed.