Understanding ceramic variability: an archaeometrical interpretation of the Classical and Hellenistic ceramics at Düzen Tepe and Sagalassos (Southwest Turkey)

Long-term clay raw material selection and use in the region of Classical/Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Sagalassos (SW Turkey)

“…This cooking ware fabric is found both at Sagalassos and at Düzen Tepe, an extensive Classical/ Hellenistic proto-urban settlement at 1.8 km south of contemporary Sagalassos (Vanhaverbeke et al, 2010). Previous archaeometric research has linked the clay of this ware to clay pockets present on Düzen Tepe (Braekmans et al, 2011).…”

“…In contrast, only small workshop entities were discovered in the Classical period. Over the whole timeframe, there was a difference in production organisation (Poblome, 1999;Poblome et al, 2002;Braekmans et al, 2011), but raw material exploitation seemed stable.…”

“…Considering that Düzen Tepe was in Classical/Hellenistic times (5the2nd century BC) the main centre of development within the wider study region, that ophiolitic clays are not only attested on this extensive site, but were also quarried in antiquity (Braekmans et al, 2011;Vanhaverbeke et al, 2010), we would like to consider it logical that clay group I lay, at least partly, at the basis of the production of the contemporary 'black core, gritty cooking wares'. This was not the only (cooking) ware present at Düzen Tepe, and together with these other wares, the fabric is also represented at contemporary Sagalassos as well as on various agricultural sites in the A glasun valley.…”

Reconstructing Regional Trajectories: the Provenance and Distribution of Archaic to Hellenistic Ceramics in CentralPisidia(South-west Turkey)

“…Both the architecture and material culture found at the site seem to reflect contemporary Pisidian styles and fit a Classical/Hellenistic chronological timeframe. Systematic occupation of the site seems to end in the course of the second century BCE (Vanhaverbeke et al 2010;Braekmans et al 2011;Vyncke et al 2011;Poblome et al 2013aPoblome et al , 2013b. Sagalassos, on the other hand, became a major polis in the region from mid-Hellenistic times (around~200 BCE) onwards, following the conquest of Pisidia by Alexander the Great in 333 BCE.…”

Analytical study of Roman red slip ware from ancient Tripolis (Denizli, Turkey)

“…In recent years, interdisciplinary works on the findings (ceramic, metal, bone, marble fragments, etc.) from archaeological sites have shown that the chemical, geological and physical analysis techniques yield beneficial results [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The chemical, mineralogical and structural characteristics of ancient artifacts can help to identify the source area of the raw material used in ceramic production and to identify the technological processes associated with pottery production.…”