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Lydian pottery in the Roman tradition: An archaeometric study of production at Sardis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2024

Marcus Rautman*
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Stephen Czujko
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Michael D. Glascock
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Hector Neff
Affiliation:
California State University, Long Beach, USA
Virginie Renson
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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The emergence of Sardis as an urban centre in the early Iron Age coincided with local production of fine painted pottery in a distinctive regional idiom. Examples of Lydian-style pottery found across western Anatolia from the eighth century BC attest the city’s growing cultural and economic contacts as well as consistent materials and craft methods. Archaeo- metric study using neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) examined representative specimens of Lydian-style ceramics from Sardis and compared their composition with later examples of red-gloss and red-slipped pottery, fine grey wares and transport jars commonly found at the site. The results confirm the sustained activity of local workshops from the early Iron Age into later historical periods, as Lydia became part of the Seleucid and Roman empires and Sardis a centre of regional innovation.

Özet

Özet

Sardes’in Erken Demir Çağı’nda bir kent merkezi olarak ortaya çıkışı, kendine özgü bölgesel bir üslupta yapılmış yerel ince boyalı seramik üretimiyle aynı zamana denk gelmektedir. MÖ sekizinci yüzyıldan itibaren Batı Anadolu’da bulunan Lydia tarzı seramik örnekleri, kentin artan kültürel ve ekonomik ilişkilerinin yanı sıra aynı malzeme ve üretim yöntemlerinin kullanıldığını da kanıtlamaktadır. Missouri Üniversitesi Araştırma Reaktörü'nde (MURR) nötron aktivasyon analizi (NAA) kullanılarak yapılan arkeometrik çalışmada, Sardes’ten Lydia tarzı seramiklerin temsili örnekleri incelenmiş ve bu seramik grubu, yerleşim yerinde yaygın olarak bulunan parlak kırmızı ve kırmızı astarlı seramikler, ince gri seramikler ve taşıma kaplarının daha sonraki örnekleriyle karşılaştırılmıştır. Sonuçlar, erken Demir Çağı’ndan, Lydia’nın Seleukos ve Roma imparatorluklarının bir parçası haline geldiği ve Sardes’in bölgesel yeniliklerin merkezi olduğu sonraki tarihsel dönemlere kadar yerel atölyelerin faaliyetlerinin devam ettiğini doğrulamaktadır.

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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of British Institute at Ankara
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