Finds 1815

Main Information
Finds ID 1815
Site Tepecik-Çiftlik
Area ID 762 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 Bowl
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration Black burnished
Impresso
Pottery type None
Amount
Material
Confidence None
Comment In the earlier levels (up to 5), organic tempered paste with thin grassy inclusions in a ratio of 20 % was used. Also, cattle dung was used as temper in the earlier levels. The temper was chosen according to the finishing process --> e.g. thin vegetal material was used in well burnished wares. Technology and shaping: in the earliest levels, coiling, pinching and slab-building methods were used. imported pottery: black burnished ware without organic temper, a few had impresso-decoration (made by fingernails) similar to Mersin-Yumuktepe in the Early Neolithic. chevron decorations, vertically disposed stylized snakes, made by wiping-back; dark colored wares were fired under a reducing condition;
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