Anatolian Bronze Age Body Sherd with Polished Decoration
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Anatolian Bronze Age Body Sherd with Polished Decoration
Bronze Age: Troy I-VI3000 BC - 1250 BC
Clay
maximum length
1 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
P.473
Geography:
Asia, Turkey, Anatolia
Classification:
Unclassifiable Artifacts; Artifact Remnants; Sherds
Culture/Nationality:
Hellenic
Keywords
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- Anatolian - Refers to the culture and styles that developed in antiquity in the geographical area of modern Turkey.
- Early Bronze Age - Refers to the earliest phase of Bronze Age cultures, which developed differently in different regions, either from Chalcolithic or Neolithic technologies. It differs from the Middle and Late Bronze Age cultures primarily in metal assemblages and burial rites. It is characterized in part by the earliest experimentation with copper alloys to produce bronze, as well as the improvement of stone tools, and various other local cultural developments. Some scholars classify the Chalcolithic as the earliest phase of the Bronze Age.
- polishing - Process of rubbing a surface to make it smooth or shiny.
- sherds - Limited to fragments of pottery or glass.
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Dimensions
- maximum length Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 2.699 x 0.635 cm)
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