Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey

Raw materials of two ancient ceramic sherds ceramic-1 and ceramic-2 from Dipsizin cave were analyzed by SEM-EDS in order to characterize ceramic fabrics. Characterization includes separation of temper and clay paste sections, qualitative determination of mineralogical compositions and percentage...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Yavuz Hüseyinca, Osman Doğanay
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Language:English
Published: Hitit University 2018-06-01
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1506723
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author Mehmet Yavuz Hüseyinca
Osman Doğanay
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description Raw materials of two ancient ceramic sherds ceramic-1 and ceramic-2 from Dipsizin cave were analyzed by SEM-EDS in order to characterize ceramic fabrics. Characterization includes separation of temper and clay paste sections, qualitative determination of mineralogical compositions and percentage calculations of raw materials by region sketching. In this perspective, ceramic-1 is characterized as % 41.83 temper quartz, albite, rutile, lime, organic material and % 58.17 clay paste. Then, ceramic-2 is characterized to be % 37.52 temper quartz, anorthoclase, rutile, lime, organic material and % 62.48 clay paste. Clay paste sections of both ceramics include mixture of clay minerals belonging to illite and smectite clay groups. In comparison, percentages of temper and clay paste sections of ceramic-1 and ceramic-2 differ % 4.31 from each other and variety of raw materials making up both ceramic bodies are nearly same except feldspars. But individually quartz and lime percentages between ceramics differ nearly two times. In this opinion we realize that raw materials are mixed by tracking two recipes. These recipes can be explained by different pottery making technologies and/or different archaeological provenances.
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spelling doaj.art-c3af276247a04432ada831aec63205ce2023-10-10T11:17:27ZengHitit UniversityHittite Journal of Science and Engineering2148-41712018-06-0152919510.17350/HJSE19030000078150Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, TurkeyMehmet Yavuz Hüseyinca0Osman Doğanay1Selçuk University, Department of Geological Engineering, Konya, TURKEYAksaray University, Department of Archaeology, Aksaray, TURKEYRaw materials of two ancient ceramic sherds ceramic-1 and ceramic-2 from Dipsizin cave were analyzed by SEM-EDS in order to characterize ceramic fabrics. Characterization includes separation of temper and clay paste sections, qualitative determination of mineralogical compositions and percentage calculations of raw materials by region sketching. In this perspective, ceramic-1 is characterized as % 41.83 temper quartz, albite, rutile, lime, organic material and % 58.17 clay paste. Then, ceramic-2 is characterized to be % 37.52 temper quartz, anorthoclase, rutile, lime, organic material and % 62.48 clay paste. Clay paste sections of both ceramics include mixture of clay minerals belonging to illite and smectite clay groups. In comparison, percentages of temper and clay paste sections of ceramic-1 and ceramic-2 differ % 4.31 from each other and variety of raw materials making up both ceramic bodies are nearly same except feldspars. But individually quartz and lime percentages between ceramics differ nearly two times. In this opinion we realize that raw materials are mixed by tracking two recipes. These recipes can be explained by different pottery making technologies and/or different archaeological provenances.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1506723ceramic sherdcharacterizationdipsizin caveregion sketching sarıveliler sem-eds
spellingShingle Mehmet Yavuz Hüseyinca
Osman Doğanay
Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey
Hittite Journal of Science and Engineering
ceramic sherd
characterization
dipsizin cave
region sketching
sarıveliler
sem-eds
title Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey
title_full Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey
title_fullStr Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey
title_short Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Ancient Ceramic Sherds from Dipsizin Cave Karaman, Turkey
title_sort mineralogical and geochemical characterization of ancient ceramic sherds from dipsizin cave karaman turkey
topic ceramic sherd
characterization
dipsizin cave
region sketching
sarıveliler
sem-eds
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1506723
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