Tarsus EBA sample 18 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Tarsus EBA sample 18

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Tarsus EBA sample 18

Site Name

Tarsus, Gozlukule

Date

3300-2750 BCE

Shape

Bowl, hemispherical

Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Early Bronze I

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

Fine, dense fabric with some iron content. It is calcareous with fine calcite inclusions. Additional mineral inclusions consist of fine quartz, few small feldspars, and some mica (including muscovite). There is possibly serpentinite (pyroxene or olivine alteration).

Thin Section Photos 2

Tarsus EBA sample 18

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Tarsus EBA sample 18

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Break Photos 1

Tarsus EBA sample 18

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Vessel Images 3

Tarsus EBA sample 18

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Tarsus EBA sample 18

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Tarsus EBA sample 18

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

Few fine grits and little mica. Clay is very well treated and compact.

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local Fabric I

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Tarsus Local Fabric I

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Cilician EBA Light Clay Ware

3300-2000 BCE

Early Bronze Age

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Bibliography

Elif Ünlü. "Technological and stylistic evaluation of the Early Bronze Age pottery at Tarsus-Gözlükule, Turkey: Pottery production and its interaction with economic, social, and cultural spheres", PhD, Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, University of Pennsylvania, 2009. https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3381877
H. Goldman. Excavations at Gözlü Kule, Tarsus 2, from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age. . New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1956

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