Socio-Cultural Development of the Konya Basin in the Context of Ceramic Ecology in the 4th and 3rd Millennium BC

Project no. 23812 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2022

Summary

<p>This&nbsp;project,&nbsp;entitled&nbsp;“Socio-Cultural&nbsp;Development&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Konya&nbsp;Basin&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Context</p><p>of&nbsp;Ceramic&nbsp;Ecology&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;4th&nbsp;and&nbsp;3rd&nbsp;Millennium&nbsp;BC”,&nbsp;is&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;ceramic&nbsp;materials</p><p>recovered&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;framework&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Konya&nbsp;Regional&nbsp;Archaeological&nbsp;Research</p><p>Project&nbsp;(KRASP).&nbsp;Its&nbsp;primary&nbsp;objective&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;elucidate&nbsp;the&nbsp;socio-political&nbsp;and</p><p>environmental&nbsp;trajectories&nbsp;that&nbsp;shaped&nbsp;communities&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Konya&nbsp;Plain.&nbsp;Focusing&nbsp;on</p><p>ceramic&nbsp;assemblages&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Late&nbsp;Chalcolithic&nbsp;Period&nbsp;(LCP)&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Early&nbsp;Bronze</p><p>Age&nbsp;(EBA)&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Çumra&nbsp;and&nbsp;Karatay&nbsp;districts,&nbsp;the&nbsp;study&nbsp;aims&nbsp;to&nbsp;reveal&nbsp;the&nbsp;production</p><p>techniques&nbsp;employed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;region’s&nbsp;inhabitants&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;how&nbsp;they&nbsp;interacted</p><p>with&nbsp;and&nbsp;utilized&nbsp;their&nbsp;natural&nbsp;environment&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;course&nbsp;of&nbsp;ceramic&nbsp;production.</p><p>The&nbsp;research&nbsp;adopts&nbsp;a&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;methodological&nbsp;framework&nbsp;that&nbsp;integrates&nbsp;the</p><p>Ceramic&nbsp;Ecology&nbsp;Approach&nbsp;with&nbsp;Production&nbsp;Chain&nbsp;(Chaîne&nbsp;Opératoire)&nbsp;analysis.&nbsp;This</p><p>combined&nbsp;approach&nbsp;is&nbsp;supported&nbsp;by&nbsp;archaeometric&nbsp;methods,&nbsp;including&nbsp;LA-ICP-MS,</p><p>thin-section&nbsp;petrography,&nbsp;and&nbsp;FTIR&nbsp;spectroscopy.&nbsp;These&nbsp;analyses&nbsp;address&nbsp;multiple</p><p>stages&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;ceramic&nbsp;production&nbsp;sequence—from&nbsp;the&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;of&nbsp;raw&nbsp;materials&nbsp;to</p><p>the&nbsp;manufacture&nbsp;of&nbsp;finished&nbsp;vessels—allowing&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;detailed&nbsp;reconstruction&nbsp;of</p><p>technological&nbsp;choices&nbsp;and&nbsp;operational&nbsp;practices.</p><p>In&nbsp;sum,&nbsp;the&nbsp;study&nbsp;offers&nbsp;a&nbsp;reinterpretation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;socio-cultural&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;the</p><p>Konya&nbsp;Basin&nbsp;by&nbsp;viewing&nbsp;the&nbsp;ceramic&nbsp;production&nbsp;of&nbsp;LCP&nbsp;and&nbsp;EBA&nbsp;communities&nbsp;not</p><p>merely&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;set&nbsp;of&nbsp;technical&nbsp;procedures,&nbsp;but&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;holistic&nbsp;process&nbsp;embedded&nbsp;within</p><p>environmental&nbsp;conditions,&nbsp;social&nbsp;organization,&nbsp;economic&nbsp;strategies,&nbsp;and&nbsp;enduring</p><p>cultural&nbsp;traditions.</p>

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