Fulya Dedeoğlu

Ege University · Department of Archeology

We present the results of a comprehensive mineralogical and geochemical (archaeometrical) investigation of ceramics dating to the Early Bronze Age II (2600/2500-2200 BC) and the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1600 BC) from sites located in the Upper Meander Basin of Denizli province in southwestern Anatolia. We analyzed the mineralogical and petrographica...

The Upper Meander Basin qualifies as a region where one can follow the characteristics of the material cultures of two important cultural regions in the Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods and the changes they underwent. The settlement of Selcen-Örenarasi is strategically located at the pass connecting the plains to the mountains. Its location...

This paper is focused on the production, function and cultural interactions of the chalices detected at the Late Bronze Age levels of Beycesultan Höyük. The morphological characteristics and context analysis of the chalices found at Beycesultan Höyük will be discussed, and following this, the chalices function and place within society will be compa...

A paint-decorated pottery tradition is observed in Inner Southwest Anatolia from the early 16th century B.C. to the 11th century B.C. These pottery items, which are characterised by red, brown or black paint decorations over gold wash ware, were first discovered at Beycesultan Höyük and Aphrodisias followed by a significant recent discovery at Laod...