Archaeometric and technological investigations of the late Bronze Age painted pottery from Arslantepe (Malatya, Eastern Türkiye)
- Author(s)
- Pamela Fragnoli, Alexandra S. Rodler
- Abstract
We investigated Late Bronze Age painted pottery (1700-1200 BC) from Arslantepe in the Malatya plain (Eastern Anatolia) through a multi-analytical approach combining technological macroscopic observations with petrographic, geochemical and micro-structural methods. Our results evidence a strong continuity with the painted wares of the Middle Bronze Age in terms of raw materials, paste recipes, forming techniques and painting procedures. Unlike the coeval unpainted pottery, the Late Bronze Age painted ceramics exhibit standardised paste recipes that relate to distinct local production circuits.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, Department of Lithospheric Research
- External organisation(s)
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), University of Copenhagen
- Pages
- 233-247
- No. of pages
- 15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv34dm79v.15
- Publication date
- 12-2022
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105105 Geochemistry
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/f3802cc5-9571-415d-9013-230755093e93