The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük

The emergence of pottery has been regarded as the hallmark of the cultural changes explicitly related to the late 8th and the first quarter of the 7th millennium BCE in Southwest Asia. Accordingly, the initial pottery; mineral-tempered, holemouth-shaped, burnished and dark-surfaced vessels with lugs...

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Main Author: Sidar Gündüzalp
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2023-06-01
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description The emergence of pottery has been regarded as the hallmark of the cultural changes explicitly related to the late 8th and the first quarter of the 7th millennium BCE in Southwest Asia. Accordingly, the initial pottery; mineral-tempered, holemouth-shaped, burnished and dark-surfaced vessels with lugs close to the mouth on both sides, appeared almost simultaneously in a series of settlements in Upper Mesopotamia and the Northern Levant in the first quarter of the 7th millennium BCE. Pottery production increased in the second quarter of the millennium, followed by the appearance of plant-tempered pottery after ca. 6.500 BCE. Plant-tempered pottery, spreading throughout Southwest Asia, symbolizes the diversification of pottery as much as we can speak of regional traditions. This study aims to define plant-tempered Proto-Hassuna pottery from Sumaki Höyük, located in the Upper Tigris Basin, to understand better the similarities and differences between the initial mineral-tempered and plant-tempered pottery groups, thus pointing out the possible regional characteristics of the assemblage.
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spelling doaj-art-28560ac02be041cdbf6b4ab383f793062025-08-20T03:52:07ZdeuIstanbul University PressAnadolu Araştırmaları2667-629X2023-06-0128315610.26650/anar.2023.28.1238062123456The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki HöyükSidar Gündüzalphttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4465-6952The emergence of pottery has been regarded as the hallmark of the cultural changes explicitly related to the late 8th and the first quarter of the 7th millennium BCE in Southwest Asia. Accordingly, the initial pottery; mineral-tempered, holemouth-shaped, burnished and dark-surfaced vessels with lugs close to the mouth on both sides, appeared almost simultaneously in a series of settlements in Upper Mesopotamia and the Northern Levant in the first quarter of the 7th millennium BCE. Pottery production increased in the second quarter of the millennium, followed by the appearance of plant-tempered pottery after ca. 6.500 BCE. Plant-tempered pottery, spreading throughout Southwest Asia, symbolizes the diversification of pottery as much as we can speak of regional traditions. This study aims to define plant-tempered Proto-Hassuna pottery from Sumaki Höyük, located in the Upper Tigris Basin, to understand better the similarities and differences between the initial mineral-tempered and plant-tempered pottery groups, thus pointing out the possible regional characteristics of the assemblage.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/E68A357B54494522AEFE6866F4934D3Dupper tigrisneolithicpotteryproto-hassunasumaki höyük
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The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük
Anadolu Araştırmaları
upper tigris
neolithic
pottery
proto-hassuna
sumaki höyük
title The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük
title_full The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük
title_fullStr The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük
title_full_unstemmed The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük
title_short The Proto-Hassuna Pottery of the Upper Tigris Basin, Evidence from Sumaki Höyük
title_sort proto hassuna pottery of the upper tigris basin evidence from sumaki hoyuk
topic upper tigris
neolithic
pottery
proto-hassuna
sumaki höyük
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