Regional Lydian pottery at Daskyleion: testing stylistic classification by chemical analysis

This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary study of Lydian pottery excavated at Daskyleion between 1988 and 2002. Before becoming the satrapal centre of Hellespontine Phrygia in the Achaemenid period, to judge by the historical and archaeological evidence, Daskyleion had close interrelations with the Lydian kingdom. Previous stylistic and macroscopic fabric studies of Lydian pottery from Daskyleion have shown that as well as items produced in the Lydian capital of Sardis, ceramics may also have been imported from other production centres in the region of Greater Lydia (Gürtekin-Demir 2002). New chemical analysis by neutron activation (NAA) of 31 samples from Daskyleion presented here confirms this suggestion. We determined four chemical provenance groups of Lydian pottery, each of them defined by an element pattern which is distinct from the pottery made in Sardis. Although these four provenance groups cannot be located at present due to the lack of reference data from potential Lydian-style ceramic production centres in Anatolia, they prove that other production centres existed outside Sardis. Daskyleion may have been one of those.Classical & Mediterranean Archaeolog

Imported pottery at kadikalesi (Anaia): Archaic, classical and hellenistic periods

Anaia (modern Kadikalesi), located on the western coastal line of Asia Minor, is widely renowned for its Medieval settlement and historical castle. However, the historical background of the settlement dates back to the Prehistoric period. The convenient position of Anaia, with a harbour nearby and its proximity to other contemporary cities, both on the coastline and in the inner Aegean, may have been effective in receiving a variety of imported material culture within the context of the long chronological range of Anaia. This paper covers imported Greek and Anatolian pottery dated between the seventh and first centuries BC and aims to discuss the related material culture within the regional context of pottery interfaces. The ceramic assemblage includes imported pottery from the Greek Mainland as well as from other Anatolian settlements and implies that the ceramic preferences of Anaia were not very different from many other settlements of western Anatolia such as those in Thrace, Troas, Aeolis and Ionia. © the individual authors and Archaeopress 2023. All rights reserved

Regional Lydian pottery at Daskyleion: testing stylistic classification by chemical analysis

This paper presents the results of an interdisciplinary study of Lydian pottery excavated at Daskyleion between 1988 and 2002. Before becoming the satrapal centre of Hellespontine Phrygia in the Achaemenid period, to judge by the historical and archaeological evidence, Daskyleion had close interrelations with the Lydian kingdom. Previous stylistic and macroscopic fabric studies of Lydian pottery from Daskyleion have shown that as well as items produced in the Lydian capital of Sardis, ceramics may also have been imported from other production centres in the region of Greater Lydia (GÜrtekin-Demir 2002). New chemical analysis by neutron activation (NAA) of 31 samples from Daskyleion presented here confirms this suggestion. We determined four chemical provenance groups of Lydian pottery, each of them defined by an element pattern which is distinct from the pottery made in Sardis. Although these four provenance groups cannot be located at present due to the lack of reference data from potential Lydian-style ceramic production centres in Anatolia, they prove that other production centres existed outside Sardis. Daskyleion may have been one of those. © 2022 The Author(s)