Abstract

Many byzantine pottery findings have been unearthed and attributed to medieval age in the building complex of Sinop-Balatlar Church, Turkey during the first-five years of the still-continuing excavations. According to the chronological classification of byzantine pottery, some of these findings could be dated between the 11th and 13th centuries. Besides Glazed White Wares, there have been the other Byzantine Pottery such as Aegean Wares, Slip Painted Wares, Fine-Sgrafitto and Champleve Wares in the findings. There are also some ceramic findings called as Zeuxippus Family Wares. However, the majority of the ceramic findings is classified as Late Byzantine Pottery. The aim of this study is the classification and demonstrations of Balatlar Church findings and the comparison them with the findings of other settlements in the Anatolia and surrounding regions.

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