Archaeometric Investigations on the Production and Distribution of Hittite Ceramics

赫梯陶瓷生产和销售的考古调查

• 批准号: 457720571
• 负责人: Dr. Mustafa Kibaroglu
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung für Jüngere Urgeschichte und Frühgeschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/457720571?language=en
• 关键词: Archaeometric; Investigations; Production; Distribution; Hittite

The Hittites empire of the late Bronze Age was one of the major powers in the ancient Near East during the second millennium BC. Questions concerning the economy and economic organization of the Hittites are largely based on historical research. Archaeology has so far received very limited attention in exploring these questions. The focus of archaeological research was mainly on important raw materials such as metals; thus, research on Hittite ceramics is an exception. Investigating the production and distribution of ceramics, which is one of the most common archaeological material groups, offers the possibility of obtaining valuable information on the questions related to the economy and economic history of the Hittite empire in Anatolia. However, many of these questions are inefficiently answered by the available archaeological records and the methods used. This is particularly true for the distribution of ceramics, which is difficult to ascertain by means of archaeology. The only possible way to tackle this problem is through the extensive archaeometric study of Hittite ceramics and local clay samples from the sites using chemical and petrographic-mineralogical methods. Therefore, the main objective of the proposed project is to establish a solid basis for provenance identification of the Hittite ceramics using chemical and petrographic-mineralogical techniques. To this end, selected ceramic samples from the important Hattie settlements in Cantal Anatolia will be analyzed archaeometrically and archaeologically. The aim is to analyze all the Hittite ceramic types as well as local clay sources available in the vicinity of each site using archaeometric methods. The exploration of the surface geology and application of appropriate analytical methods play a critical role in this. Therefore, a combination of different methods such as LA-ICP-MS (Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry), petrography, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscope (SEM) will be applied to answer questions of technological characterization, standardization, and provenance of different Hittite ceramics. Finally, the overall results of the investigation will be interpreted in the archaeological context, particularly in terms of economic history, by taking into account the socio-political relations in Hittite society.

青铜时代晚期的赫梯人帝国是公元前第二个千年时期古代近东地区的主要力量之一。有关赫人的经济和经济组织的问题很大程度上是基于历史研究。到目前为止，考古学在探索这些问题方面受到的关注非常有限。考古研究的重点主要集中在金属等重要原材料上，因此，对赫梯陶瓷的研究是一个例外。陶瓷是最常见的考古材料群之一，通过调查陶瓷的生产和分布，有可能获得与安纳托利亚赫梯帝国的经济和经济史有关的有价值的信息。然而，现有的考古记录和使用的方法并没有有效地回答这些问题。陶器的分布尤其如此，这很难通过考古学的方法来确定。解决这个问题的唯一可能的方法是通过使用化学和岩石学-矿物学方法对遗址中的赫梯陶瓷和当地粘土样本进行广泛的考古研究。因此，拟议项目的主要目标是为使用化学和岩石学-矿物学技术鉴定赫梯陶瓷的来源奠定坚实的基础。为此，将对安纳托利亚坎塔尔重要的哈蒂聚居地的陶瓷样品进行考古和考古分析。其目的是使用考古测量方法分析每个遗址附近所有的赫梯陶瓷类型以及当地可用的粘土来源。对地表地质的勘探和适当分析方法的应用在这方面起着关键作用。因此，本文将综合运用激光烧蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICPMS)、岩相学、X射线衍射法(X射线衍射仪)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等多种分析方法，对不同类型的HITTITE陶瓷的工艺表征、标准化和来源等问题进行研究。最后，调查的总体结果将在考古学的背景下，特别是从经济史的角度进行解释，同时考虑到赫梯社会的社会政治关系。