Hakemi Use’nin Geç Neolitik Çanak Çömleği ve Yukarı Mezopotamya’daki Konumu

Abstract

Hakemi Use, an excavation that provides detailed information about the northward spread of the first painted pottery of Upper Mesopotamia, was investigated by a team from Hacettepe University between 2001 and 2013 within the scope of the Ilısu Dam project. Five building levels belonging to the Late Neolithic Period were identified during the excavations. The main subject of this study is the Late Neolithic pottery recovered from these five building levels. The studies conducted on the Late Neolithic pottery of Hakemi Use four main ware groups: The Standard Ware, the Dark Faced Burnished Ware, the Orange Fine Ware, and the Fine Ware. The pottery belonging to these ware groups is divided into six subtype forms, each into different types. This type of distinction is based on the body characteristics of the pottery forms. Hakemi Use represents Hassuna and Samarra painted potteries, among the essential pottery groups of the Late Neolithic culture of Upper Mesopotamia in Southeastern Anatolia. This study, which analyzes the Late Neolithic pottery in detail, discusses the spread of pottery with similar characteristics in Upper Mesopotamia, the causes and consequences of regional differences, and the position of Hakemi Use's of pottery in this geography.