Author/Authors :
YALDIR, Aylin KOÇAK Mersin Üniversitesi - Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi - Arkeoloji Bölümü Klasik Arkeoloji Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Daskyleion was one of the rare settlements that imported a great number of ceramics representing various styles and schools during the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. Among the imported potteries found in this center, one can observe skyphoi with concentric circles, bird bowl, rosette bowl, eye bowl, meander bowl and band bowl, Ionia kylixes and a considerable number of Orientalising and Wild Goat Style potteries. In addition, Early Fikellura and Fikellura ceramics were also among the rare examples of potteries found in the city. The east Greek ceramics and those under East Greek ınfluence, imported into Daskyleion were produced in Southern Ionia(Miletos – Kalabaktepe workshops), Northern Ionia(Klazomenai, Teos, Smyrna and “Bird Bowls Workshops”), Aiolis and Lydia(Sardis and its vicinity), Samos and Chios ıslands. The striking concentration and variety of this imported ceramics, show that Daskyleion, thanks to its suitable location, had the Access to the goods –marketed along the route of Hellespontos and Euxeinos Pontos(Black Sea)– and transferred from the ports of Kyzikos, Lampsakos and Parion along the southern coast of Propontis to their hinterlands and that Daskyleion was able to benefit from commercial traffic along the land route starting from Aiolis, Lydia and Ionia proceeding towards the iner parts of Mysia.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Daskyleion , East Greek Pottery , Ionia , Lydia , Aiolis.
