Pottery in the Bronze Age of Nakhchivan

Abstract

The article studies pottery in the Nakhichivan the bronze age. It was defined that pottery wasone of the ancient craftsmanship areas in Nakhichivan. The pottery products differed from one another in their size, shape, ornaments on them, the material the were made of and the technology. The pottery products made by Nakhichivan potters were divided into two groups-welfare and kitchen ceramics. Their similar monuments in the South Caucasus and the Middle East in the same period, the archaeological materials found in the Urmia basin and Eastern Anatolia. in the decoration of ceramics technical methods have been used. "S", "M", horn, etc. Various signs, spiral, zigzag, swastika, angles, wavy, straight line, triangle, quadrilateral and so on. Geometric patterns are used. They are sometimes simple, sometimes compounded by drawing together with other pictures. In each design used in decoration, ceramics have a profound meaning as well as artistry ability, taste, religion-ideological views are important place. A group of patterns used in decorate is a local feature. A group of patterns spread widely.