Ulucak Höyük> the pottery emergence in Western Anatolia

It has been increasingly clear that pottery was adopted as a continuous technology during the first quarter of the 7th millennium BC in a wide region, from Upper Mesopotamia through Central Anatolia and the Lakes District region. However, the absence of pottery in the basal level at Ulucak Höyük shows the presence of a pre-ceramic sequence in western Anatolia, before c. 6600/ 6500 cal BC. This article discusses the earliest pottery assemblage from Ulucak (6600/6500–6200 cal BC) and compares it with the later ceramic sequences at the site. Ultimately, the functional and typological developmental sequence of Neolithic pottery at Ulucak Höyük and its temporo-spatial relations with other Neolithic sites in Anatolia will be assessed. IZVLE∞EK – Vse bolj je jasno, da je bilo lon≠arstvo kot tehnologija sprejeto neprekinjeno v prvi ≠etrtini 7. tiso≠letja pr. n. ∏t. na ∏irokem obmo≠ju od zgornje Mezopotamije do osrednje Anatolije in obmo≠ja jezer. Kljub temu odsotnost lon≠enine v najglobljih plasteh na najdi∏≠u Ulucak Höyük ka∫e na obstoj predkerami≠ne sekvence v zahodni Anatoliji, in sicer pred ok. 6600/6500 pr. n. ∏t. V ≠lanku razpravljamo o najzgodnej∏em zbiru lon≠enine iz Ulucaka (6600/6500–6200 pr. n. ∏t.) in ga primerjamo s kasnej∏imi sekvencami keramike na tem najdi∏≠u. Na koncu ocenjujemo funkcionalno in tipolo∏ko razvojno sekvenco neolitske lon≠enine na najdi∏≠u Ulucak Höyük in njeno ≠asovno in prostorsko povezavo z drugimi neolitskimi najdi∏≠i v Anatoliji.