Klazomenai Karantina Adası Kuzey Yamaç Kazılarından Ele Geçen Hellenistik Dönem Batı Yamacı Seramikleri / West Slope Ware Found in the Excavations on the North Slope of Klazomenai / Karantina Island (original) (raw)

This study evaluates the West Slope Ware recovered from the northern slopes of the Karantina island, about 500 m off the coast of the ancient city of Clazomenai. First, the settlement chronology in and around Clazomenai is summarised from the Middle Chalcolithic onwards. Secondly, the pottery production process and capacity of the city from the Orientalisian period onwards were analysed on the basis of the kilns found in and around the settlement. Within the urban chronology and ceramic studies, the Hellenistic period and its ceramics have been limited compared to other periods. The main aim of this study, which analyses the Western Slope Ware from the Karantina Island excavations, is to make a general assessment of this ceramic group, which occupies an important place in the Hellenistic pottery repertoire of the city, and to provide a general perspective on this material in the context of the period/region. In this context, a typology was established with reference to ceramic types and decorative motifs. Comparisons were made with the main production centres of Pergamon, Athens and Corinth for dating purposes, but priority was given to the finds from Western Anatolia because of the regional chronology. Since the sherds from Karantina Island were recovered from leveling deposits with a wide dating range from the last quarter of the 4th century BC to the second half of the 2nd century BC, it is difficult at this stage to establish a typological development scheme based on stratigraphy. Therefore, with reference to regional comparative criteria, a date between the middle of the 3rd century BC and the end of the 2nd century BC is generally proposed for the West Slope Ware of Clazomenai.

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