A Group of Iron Age Ceramics from Gökhöyük Bağları Mound; Bowls


Gökhöyük Bağları Mound is located in the Bağlar locality of Gökhöyük Neighborhood the district of Seydişehir in Konya province in the South of Central Anatolia. It is understood that the mound, the height of which is eleven meter from the lowland, is located on an area of approximately 29 hectares. A large number of terracotta artifacts were unearthed during the excavations carried out between 2002 and 2005. The aim of this study is to introduce a group of terracotta pots selected within Iron Age ceramics which were excavated between 2002 and 2005 at Gökhöyük Bağları Mound, to develop a greater understanding of the position of the mound in central Anatolian chronology and to make a contribution to the regional evaluation of the mound. The artefacts exposed at Gökhöyük indicate that the inhabitants first settled at Gökhöyük lived here in the Pottery Neolithic Period. The geography of the mound draws attention with its proximity to cultivable land and water resources -right on the shore of lake Suğla called Trigotis in ancient times. In the mound, cultural continuity starting from the Neolithic Period to the Iron Age can be seen. This cultural continuity can be followed through the terracotta pottery obtained there. A group of bowls within the Iron Age ceramics exposed during the excavations at Gökhöyük Bağları Mound are the subject of this study. Of the subject of this study, all of the of the artefacts, dated to disparate periods of the Iron Age and considered as bowls are all wheel-made. After doing some research, it was comprehended that the bowls discussed here could be dated to 1200-400 BC. It was also identified that these bowls reflect the typical form characteristics of the middle Anatolian Iron Age ceramic tradition.


Keywords


Bowl, Iron Age, Konya, Central Anatolia.

Author : Ramazan GÜNDÜZ -Hasan Ali ERDOĞAN
Number of pages: 477-498
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.43207
Full text:
Share:
Alıntı Yap:
Turkish Studies - Historical Analysis
E-Mail Subscription

By subscribing to E-Newsletter, you can get the latest news to your e-mail.