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Abstract
Analytical ceramic studies offer the opportunity to determine cultural development and change on the basis of origin and use of raw materials. In this particular study, an archaeometric approach on ceramics in central Pisidia contributes to the discussion of contact and exchange between indigenous communities and several cultural spheres of influence on a long-term timescale (eighth to second centuries bce). Morphological data as well as mineralogical (optical microscopy; n = 273) and chemical composition (by ICP-OES/MS; n = 122) of ceramics and raw materials show distinct resource zones for the production and distribution of ceramics in this connecting region of Anatolia. The use of trace element profiles (REE, HFSE, LILE and TTE) in particular is regarded as instrumental in detailing high-resolution provenancing of ceramics. The ceramic provenance indicates different patterns of material interactions during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. A significant increase in regional interaction occurs coinciding with the development of pottery activities at Sagalassos.
Highlights
The ancient city of Sagalassos is a well-documented archaeological site in central Pisidia (Waelkens 1993; Waelkens and Poblome 1993, 1995, 1997; Waelkens and Loots 2000; Degryse and Waelkens 2008), and was a regional centre during the Roman Imperial and Early Byzantine periods, administering a territory of approximately 120 000 hectares
Within the framework of studying this regional centre, a number of interdisciplinary survey and excavation campaigns yielded promising ceramics dating from the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods
The ‘volcanic-biotite’ and ‘volcanic-chert’ groups are identified by a dominant presence of large idiomorphic biotite, pyroxene, amphibole, chert, plagioclase and basalt clasts. All these inclusions are indicative of an ophiolitic origin of the raw material
Summary
The ancient city of Sagalassos is a well-documented archaeological site in central Pisidia (Waelkens 1993; Waelkens and Poblome 1993, 1995, 1997; Waelkens and Loots 2000; Degryse and Waelkens 2008), and was a regional centre during the Roman Imperial and Early Byzantine periods, administering a territory of approximately 120 000 hectares. Within the framework of studying this regional centre, a number of interdisciplinary survey and excavation campaigns yielded promising ceramics dating from the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. These ceramics make it possible to characterize the development of the region under study prior to the initiation of the large-scale production of tablewares during the Roman Imperial period. No direct connection can be made with these platforms of societal structure, material culture makes it possible to trace wider and intricate processes of change and craft choices in past communities
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