MEZRAA-TELEİLAT TARAK-BASKI 'IMPRESSO' ÇANAK ÇÖMLEĞİ BEZEME TEKNİKLERİ ÜZERİNE DENEYSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Yıl 2008, Sayı: 11, 155 - 166, 01.01.2008

Emre Güldoğan

Öz

Excavations at Mezraa Teleilat, a medium sized mound by the Euphrates, have revealed an uninterrupted sequence of the Pottery Neolithic period, providing for the first time data on the emergence and on the development of pottery in south-eastern Turkey. Within the pottery assemblages noted at the site, a certain ware group, easily distinguishable with its comb-impressed decoration stands out as a major component of the Middle Neolithic horizon. As this distinct ware group bears distinct resemblance to the so-called 'impresso' wares of the early Neolithic assemblages of the Mediterranean basin, it evidently connotes questions related to the diffusion of Neolithic way of life. A large scale project has already been initiated as to see whether or not the comb-impressed group of Mezraa-Teleilat has any genetic relations with the "impresso" pottery groups of the Mediterranean region. Defining the technologies employed in impressed decorations of Mezraa Teleilat and of the Mediterranean basin has been taken as an initial step of this project. In this respect, a number of experiments have been conducted to reproduce the motifs; the results have been compared with previous experimental studies conducted on other impress-decorated wares. The paper, by referring to the methodology of the experimental work carded out at the site of El Geili in Sudan, is a presentation of the work conducted at Mezraa Teleilat.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Mezraa-Teleilat, tarak-baskı Tmpresso', çanak çömlek, Akdeniz havzası, Neolitik, deneysel arkeoloji.

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE TECHNIQUES USED IN COMB- IMPRESSED 'IMPRESSO' WARE GROUP MEZRAA-TELEILAT

Öz

Excavations at Mezraa Teleilat, a medium sized mound by the Euphrates, have revealed an uninterrupted sequence of the Pottery Neolithic period, providing for the first time data on the emergence and on the development of pottery in south-eastern Turkey. Within the pottery assemblages noted at the site, a certain ware group, easily distinguishable with its comb-impressed decoration stands out as a major component of the Middle Neolithic horizon. As this distinct ware group bears distinct resemblance to the so-called 'impresso' wares of the early Neolithic assemblages of the Mediterranean basin, it evidently connotes questions related to the diffusion of Neolithic way of life. A large scale project has already been initiated as to see whether or not the comb-impressed group of Mezraa-Teleilat has any genetic relations with the "impresso" pottery groups of the Mediterranean region. Defining the technologies employed in impressed decorations of Mezraa Teleilat and of the Mediterranean basin has been taken as an initial step of this project. In this respect, a number of experiments have been conducted to reproduce the motifs; the results have been compared with previous experimental studies conducted on other impress-decorated wares. The paper, by referring to the methodology of the experimental work carded out at the site of El Geili in Sudan, is a presentation of the work conducted at Mezraa Teleila

Anahtar Kelimeler

Mezraa-Teleilat, comb-impressed 'impresso' ware, pottery, Mediterranean basin, Neolithic, experimental archaeology

Kaynakça

• CAMPS-FABRER, H., 1966 Matière et Art Mobilier Dans la Préhistoire Nord-Africaine et Saharienn, Paris, Arts et Métiers Graphiques
• CANEVA, L, 1988 El Geili the History of a Middle Nile Environment 7000 B.C.- AD. 1500, Oxford, BAR International Series 424, 67-114
• ÖKSE, T., 1993 Ön Asya Arkeolojisi Seramik Terimleri, İstanbul, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınlan