Finds 1667

Main Information
Finds ID 1667
Site Mersin-Yumuktepe
Area ID 662 settlement
Research event
Finds type pottery
Small finds category None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species
Animal remains completeness None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools
Lithics unretouched tools
Lithics raw material
Obsidian None
Obsidian amount None
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration Black burnished
Brown burnished
Impresso
Incised
Unburnished
Pottery type None
Amount
Material
Confidence None
Comment 3 distinct classes: brown burnished, black unburnished cooking ware, fine black burnished; incisions and burnishing with new decorative motifs (obtained with finely combined separated burnishing strokes applied to dark-grey surfaces, comparable to a pattern from the earliest phases of the Amuq sequence); burnishing often attained a glossy level, sometimes on a surface previously impressed with fine motifs filled with a white paste; only few decorated sherds; generally small vessels;
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