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Early Ceramics in Anatolia: Implications for the Production and Use of the Earliest Pottery. The Evidence from Boncuklu Höyük

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2017

A. Fletcher ,
D. Baird ,
M. Spataro  and
A. Fairbairn
A. Fletcher
Affiliation:
Department of the Middle East, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK Email: afletcher@britishmuseum.org
D. Baird
Affiliation:
Archaeology Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, 12–14 Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 7WZ, UK Email: D.Baird@liverpool.ac.uk
M. Spataro
Affiliation:
Department of Scientific Reseach, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK Email: mspataro@britishmuseum.org
A. Fairbairn
Affiliation:
School of Social Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia Email: a.fairbairn@uq.edu.au
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Abstract

Fragments of possible fired clay found at Boncuklu Höyük, central Turkey, appear to derive from rudimentary vessels, despite the later ninth- and early eighth-millennium cal. bc and thus ‘Aceramic’ dates for the site. This paper will examine the evidence for such fired clay vessels at Boncuklu and consider their implications as examples of some of the earliest pottery in Anatolia. The discussion will examine contextual evidence for the role of these fragments and consider their relative rarity at the site and the implications for the marked widespread adoption of pottery in southwest Asia c. 7000–6700 cal. bc.

Type
Research Article
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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , May 2017 , pp. 351 - 369
Copyright
Copyright © McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 2017 

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