Bu makalede Adana Ceyhan Ovası’nda yer alan Tatarlı Höyük’te ortaya çıkarılarak, Geç Tunç Çağı II’ye MÖ 1450-1200 tarihlenen bir keramik fırını konu edilmektedir. Beraberinde bulunan cüruf ve keramik parçaları ile birlikte bu piroteknik ünite, Geç Tunç Çağı’nın son dönemlerinde Kilikya Bölgesi’ndeki keramik fırını teknolojisini değerlendirme olanağı sağlamaktadır. Tatarlı Höyük keramik fırınının teknolojik ve tipolojik ögeleri, Kuzey Suriye ve Kuzey Mezopotamya ile önemli benzerlikler göstermekle beraber, İç Anadolu’da yer alan Hitit başkenti ve dönemin Ege Dünyası ile benzer bir ilişki gözlemlenememektedir. Buradan hareketle bu çalışmada, keramik ve mühür külliyatı ile MÖ 14-12.yy.’da Hitit İmparatorluğu ile yakın politik ve sosyal ilişki içerisinde olduğu belirlenen Tatarlı Höyük’ün, üretim birimleri bakımından daha ziyade Kuzey Suriye ve Kuzey Mezopotamya bölgeleri ile olan teknolojik ilişkisinin muhtemel sebepleri de tartışılmaktadır.

A Pottery Kiln from Tatarlı Höyük Adana, Turkey and its Implications for Late Bronze Age Pottery Production in Cilicia and Beyond

This article documents a Late Bronze Age II 1450-1200 B.C. pottery kiln unearthed at Tatarlı Höyük, Adana Turkey . This pyrotechnical installation, with its associated ceramic assemblage and production remains, offers an overview of the pottery kiln technologies in Cilicia during the end of the Late Bronze Age. The typological features of the Tatarlı Höyük pottery kiln presents encouraging similarities to northern Syrian and Mesopotamian updraft pottery kiln technologies rather than those of central Anatolia, even though the political and social influence of the Hittite Empire has been documented by ceramic and seal collections of the settlement.

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