CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES OF CERAMICS IN PENDIK DUMP RESCUE EXCAVATIONS
PENDİK HÖYÜK KURTARMA KAZILARINDA BULUNAN SERAMİKLERİN KARAKTERİZASYON ÇALIŞMALARI

Author : İlker IŞIK
Number of pages : 202-222

Abstract

In this study, characterization studies of ceramics obtained from Pendik Höyük rescue excavation on High Speed Train (YHT) project carried out by the Rebuclic of Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Two distinct stage, Late Neolithic and Byzantine, were observed during the excavations on the mound. The mentioned mound was not inhabited from the Neolithic Period to the Byzantine Period due to ecological factors. For this reason, in this study, a multidisciplinary study was carried out in two stages in archaeological and spectroscopic terms on the change of ceramic production depending on both the ecological situation and the clay structure. At the first stage, experimental studies were discussed and simple spot tests were applied. In this context, chloride, nitrate and sulphate analyzes, conductivity measurement, protein and fat analyzes were performed. Then, petrography analysis, which is frequently used in archeometry, was applied to characterize the samples taken from the structure. Subsequently, instrumental analysis techniques were used in addition to the above-mentioned experiments in order to determine the chemical, mineralogical and structural properties of the samples. The regional and point chemical composition ratios of the clay properties of the samples were determined by SEM-EDS analysis and the mineralogical content by XRD analysis. In this context, all qualitative and quantitative features of the these ceramics, such as the structure and production technique, were revealed with the contribution of archaeometric and analysis results and absolute information was tried to be reached in this study.

Keywords

Pendik, Ceramic, Archaeometry, Characterization, Neolithic, Byzantine.

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