Tarsus EBA sample 20 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tarsus EBA sample 20

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Context Information

Site Name

Tarsus, Gozlukule

Date

3300-2750 BCE

Site Type

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Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Early Bronze I

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl, hemispherical

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

7.7YR 6/6 – Reddish yellow

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Self-slipped. On the inside and on the rim at the outside smoothed in horizontal strokes reminiscing the Fine Spiral Banded Ware treatment of the surface, outside smoothed in haphazardly oriented diagonal strokes.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Well

Vessel Images 3

Tarsus EBA sample 20

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Tarsus EBA sample 20

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Tarsus EBA sample 20

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Break Photos 1

Tarsus EBA sample 20

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Thin Section Photos 2

Tarsus EBA sample 20

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

Tarsus EBA sample 20

Bowl, hemispherical

Tarsus

3300-2750 BCE

Early Bronze I

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Cilician EBA Light Clay Ware

3300-2000 BCE

Early Bronze Age

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Tarsus Local Fabric I

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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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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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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