Seramik Araştırmaları Dergisi, no.5, pp.1-30, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
This study aims to reveal the
general lines of Fikirtepe Culture pottery found in Bahçelievler settlement of
Bilecik province, which was first settled between 7100/7000-6000 BC.
Afterwards, the decorations of Bahçelievler pottery reveal their meanings with
their typology, diversity, construction technique, and line qualities. After
this stage, especially under the heading of evaluation, the technical and character
analysis of the lines and their anthropological and artistic meanings were
tried to be discussed. With this article, the decorations on the pottery found
in Bahçelievler Neolithic settlement were classified, and the determined motifs
were named one by one to partially remove the confusion in the naming of the
decoration of Fikirtepe Culture and to help it gain a particular standard
definition. The earliest pottery from Bahçelievler settlement, which is the
oldest pottery of Northwestern Anatolia, does not contain any decoration,
although it shows some advanced features. In the 6th layer of the settlement,
dated between 6600 and 6500 BC, the decoration on the pottery started to be
processed and gradually intensified. Considering that both the early history of
Bahçelievler and the variety of decorations are more than the standard
Fikirtepe settlements, such a situation makes Bahçelievler settlement a key
settlement in the region, which is related to the beginning and development of
Fikirtepe Culture or Fikirtepe pottery features.