Antik Donem Ekonomisinin Kurgusunda Seramik Buluntuların Yeri, Sorunlar

Abstract

Abstract

Among the economic aspects of archaeology, ceramic finds are the main indicators of social activities and the best evidence as epigraphic materials. Although the recording methods and synthesises of the analysises about the trade patterns are evolving, the researches are not satisfactory as they are always bound to wellknown production centers in order to construct the commercial relations. Besides this inadequacy, scientists should take into consideration the rate of the mistakes on the statistical methods and the exceptional conditions of the settlements or the differences of supply and demand related to economic flactuations caused by any social and political factors. In this paper, while we are criticizing the interpretations of the ceramic dispersion diagrams which have been prepeared by using unsufficient data without considering to the macro-economic factors, we are also discussing the importance of the relations of the ceramic materials with the settlement patterns and the position of the re-used or re-sold products/containers in the economic life eventhough we are not always available to discover them

Keywords

• Antik ekonomi, seramik, amphora, ticaret, kent.