2021. Organization of Ceramic Production at Neolithic Ulucak. R. Özbal, M. Erdalkıran, Y. Tonoike (eds), Production, Distribution and Use, Third International Workshop on Ceramics from the Late Neolithic Near East. Koç University Press: 55-68

2021

Ceramic production from the Neolithic Period to the present is also an approximately 9000-year-old tradition of Anatolia. As can be understood from the archaeological findings, the wheel pottery, which we can count as the first industrial production, has reached the present day, practically without distorting its style. With this aspect, it is an important cultural value. According to the studies, the pottery centers clustered in the "Göller Bölgesi"(Lakes Region), which stands out in terms of archaeological wealth, can be seen more in rural settlements without breaking their traditions, as in all of Anatolia. Doğanhisar, a sub-province of Konya city, is a typical pottery center in the "Göller Bölgesi" where traditional pottery production can be maintained despite the difficulties. Ceramic production, which can be sustained without spoiling its originality, is an important cultural heritage, with the transfer of knowledge in many disciplines from past to present....

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.

Since the 1980s, a number of different theoretical approaches have been proposed to understand the role of craft specialization and technological development in the formation of complex societies (Tosi 1984; Brumfiel and Earle 1987; Earle 1991; Costin 1991; 1996; 2007; Cobb 1996; Pollock 1999; Loney 2000). These scholars have attempted to relate craft specialization to the organization of production and the politicaleconomy. Brumfiel and Earle (1987: 2) suggested that the evolution of social stratification was based on economic control arising characteristically from dominion over resources. The importance of this model is that it enables economic relationship to be studied along with political and social relationships, since economic practice is seen to be embedded in, and inseparable from, the socio-political system (Pollock 1999: 23). The organization of production is one of the more significant elements in the study of the development of complex societies and several models have been developed to describe it (van der Leeuw 1977; 1984; Stark 1985; Rice 1987; Costin 1991; 2005; Costin and Hagstrum 1995; Arnold 1991;Underhill 1991; Clark 1995). Four modes of production have been defined: household, household industry, individual workshop industry, and nucleated workshop industry. In ‘household’ production, pottery manufacture is occasional, preparatory to household consumption, and characterized by a simple technology for production. In this model, manufacturing of ceramics consists of little or no standardization in the selection of raw materials and lack of efficiency and skill in manufacturing process. It is often stressed that this type of production system is orientated towards self-sufficiency, with little opportunity for intensification (Rice 1987: 184). ‘Household industry’ is also characterized by a simple technology and operates on a part-time level, but production occurs more frequently and is directed towards a larger consumer market (Arnold 1991: 92). In ‘individual workshop industry’, production is full-time and involves significant capital investment (in kilns, wheels, etc.), but the unit maintains a level of stylistic and economic autonomy. These three modes of production are generally attributed to prehistoric societies. In ‘nucleated workshop industry’, a ‘clustered industrial complex’ which occurs in urban setting results in pottery manufacture as a major economic activity with extensive technological investment. This type of production emphasizes high volumes of output with the finished products destined for a supra-regional market (Arnold 1991: 94).

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Scientific Research and Essays, 2009

HISTORY, ARСHEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE CAUCASUS, 2024

The purpose of this article is to study the place of Neolithic ceramics of the Chokh settlement among the cultural and technological traditions of the Neolithic ceramics of the Caucasus, as well as its role in the formation of ceramic production of Central Dagestan. In this regard, in the course of this work, using technological, photographic, XRD and spherulite analyzes, a comparative study of Neolithic ceramics from Chokh settlement was carried out with products from the closest Neolithic settlement of Transcaucasia-Göytepe, located in the middle reaches of the Kura River, as well as with later ceramic materials from the Chalcolitic and Bronse Age periods of Central Dagestan. The analysis of Neolithic ceramics from the Chokh settlement, on the one hand, showed that it is entirely an item of local production, which is determined by the characteristics of the raw materials, and the admixture of grog in the pottery paste. On the other hand, connections with one of the types of Transcaucasian ceramics from the settlements of the early 6-th millennium BCE, Haci Elamxanli Tepe and Gadachrili Gora-products with mineral admixture and, possibly, dung in the pottery paste, fired mostly in reducing atmosphere with applique buttons on the surface are presumably recorded. This type continued to exist in later Göytepe materials with some changes. Further, in the pottery production of Central Dagestan during the Chalcolitic-Bronze Age period, on the one hand, we can talk about the gradual development-the replacement of mineral admixtures, the appearance of polishing tradition and improvement of firing conditions.