Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Late Bronze Age Painted Pottery Traditions at the Margins of the Hittite State: Papers Presented at a Workshop Held at the 11th ICAANE (München 4 April 2018) and Additional Contributions, Archaeo, ss.147-162, 2022
This article investigates the question of style on a particular material culture and if one can gain perspective into a region's changing contingencies by exploring a longue durée assessment of shifts in pottery production traditions and consumption trends. The focus of this article is the north-east corner of the Mediterranean; namely the plains of Cilicia and Amuq. During Late Bronze Age the so-called 'Hittite' pottery known from the urban centres of Central Anatolia dominates the local pottery repertoire of these regions as they fold into the Hittite political control. This pottery is easily distinguishable by its shape repertoire and by the fact that it has minimum surface treatment. This is in stark contrast to the earlier Middle Bronze Age pottery tradition in the region, where painted decoration was used quite frequently, especially on serving vessels. This continues until the disintegration of the Hittite political territory, a period well attested in both settlements of Tarsus-Gözlükule in Cilicia and Tell Tayinat in the Amuq. This time with the appearance of the Aegean type pottery painted decoration becomes once again an important part of the assemblage representing a drastically different understanding of proper tableware both in form and surface treatment, which coexists with the plain central Anatolian style pottery indicating a complex process of acculturation and imitation.