Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MORS IMMATURA Amanosların Gölgesinde Hayriye Akıl Anı Kitabı, K. Serdar Girginer,Gonca Dardeniz,Ayça Gerçek,Fatih Erhan,Elif Genç,İrfan Tuğcu,Özlem Oyman-Girginer,M. Cem Fırat,Hakan Gerçek,M. Furkan Tufan, Editör, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, ss.491-514, 2020
Potsherds,
dating to the Hellenistic, Roman and medieval periods, found spread over basalt
surface at the medieval castle Domuzdamı, were documented by the Osmaniye
Archaeological Survey team. The Domuzdamı Castle located at the South southwest
edge of the basalt ranch built over a solid basalt bedrock within the territory
of Osmaniye Province. The potsherds, particularly, of those the Hellenistic and
Roman period terra sigillata do not belong to the cultural period of the
Castle, which was built by the Crusades.
Probably, the potsherds belong to one of those ancient settlements in
the vicinity. The Domuzdamı Castle is situated between the two prehistoric
mounds, the Tatarlı and Telkovan mounds. The cultural layers of Tatarlı mound
come to light with systematic archaeological excavations of which a team of
Çukurova University archaeologists examines scientifically. The Tatarlı mound excavations
reveal a settlement sequence uninterrupted from the Neolithic to the Roman
periods. The Telkovan mound as a
prehistoric settlement yields potsherds of the Chalcolithic cultures to the
Roman period. The Telkovan mound, well-known and visible in the region rising
up to 20 meters in height with its conical shape, is at present a registered
archaeological site as one of the cultural heritage of the Turkish Republic.
The goal of the present study is to identify and date these terra sigillata
potsherds based on macroscopic examinations and draw attention to the ceramic
tradition in Yukarı Ova, East Plain Cilicia.
Macroscopic
analysis of the potsherds revealed that the terra sigillata sherds contain
common features sharing similar inclusions, texture, and firing, whereas the
color, quality, and application techniques of the slip differ. The shape of
vessels denotes a survival of the former period ceramic tradition which endured
through the Hellenistic period and evolved into the Roman period. Pale and matt
colored slip of the vessels also evolves into glossy bright-colored slips while
the technique of the slip develops. Domuzdamı terra sigillata finds prove that
the Eastern Sigillata A ceramic production tradition is inherent in East Plain
Cilicia, the Eastern Mediterranean as a long-lasting ceramic tradition.